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Almoravid

Al·mo·ra·vid [ lmə rvìd, al máwrəvid ] (plural Al·mo·ra·vids) or Al·mo·ra·vide [ lmə rvìd, al máwrəvid ] (plural Al·mo·ra·vides)


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11C Berber: a member of a Berber Muslim group who established an empire in North Africa and Spain in the 11th century, but were conquered in the mid-12th century by the Almohads

[Via Spanish< Arabic almurabit "somebody who lives in a fortified convent"]

Al·mo·ra·vid adjective
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