Barbary
Barbary ({not transcribed}) , noun
[Fr. Arabic Barbar the people of Barbary.]
The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic.
A Barbary horse; a barb.
a kind of pigeon. [Obsolete]
Collocations (1)
Barbary ape (Zoology) , an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.