Definitions for tuaregˈtwɑ rɛg

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Tua•regˈtwɑ rɛg(n.)

  1. a member of a traditionally pastoral people of the Sahara and Sahel, living mainly in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, S Algeria, and SW Libya.

    Category: Peoples

  2. the Berber language of the Tuaregs.

    Category: Peoples

Origin of Tuareg:

1815–25; < dial. Ar ṭawārig

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Tuareg(noun)

    a member of a nomadic Berber people of the Sahara

  2. Tuareg(noun)

    the dialect of Berber spoken by the Tuareg

Wiktionary

  1. Tuareg(Noun)

    A member of the Tuareg people

  2. Tuareg(ProperNoun)

    A traditionally nomadic Berber people of the Sahara

  3. Tuareg(ProperNoun)

    Any of various Berber languages spoken by the Tuareg people

  4. Origin: From طوارق, from طارقة, from طرق.


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