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Almoravid
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English
+ dynasty
Etymology
en ar ر ب ط
en es almorávide, from en ar مُرَابِط.
Pronunciation
en /ˌælməˈɹævɪd/
Noun
en historical A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
The Almoravid army was a strange rabble of Arabs, Berbers, blacks, wild tribes of the Sahara and Christian mercenaries. They conquered the Spanish forces, and Youssef left to his successors an empire extending from the Ebro to Senegal and from the Atlantic coast of Africa to the borders of Tunisia.
Translations
Bengali: bn মোরাবেৎ
Catalan: ca almoràvit m
Finnish: fi almoravidi
French: fr Almoravide m f
Marathi: mr मुराबित
Portuguese: pt almorávida m f
Russian: ru альмора́вид m
Spanish: es almorávide m