Barbary

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries. historical
    — [King of] Moro[cco]. Ye Moores and valiant men of Barbary, How can ye ſuffer theſe indignities?

词形变化

Barbarie alternative,obsolete

词源

From Berber + -y, influenced by barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”). See also Arabic بَرْبَرِيّ (barbariyy, “Berber”).
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