Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Barbary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Barbary \Bar"ba*ry\, n. [Fr. Ar. Barbar the people of Barbary.]
The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the
Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind
of pigeon.
{Barbary ape} (Zo["o]l.), an ape ({Macacus innus}) of north
Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey
inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Barbary
n : a region of North Africa on the Mediterranean coast between
Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from
the 16th to 19th centuries [syn: {Barbary}]
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