Almoravid


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Almoravid /alˈmɔːrəvɪd/ (also Almoravide /-vʌɪd/)
noun (pl. Almoravids) a member of a federation of Muslim Berber peoples that established an empire in Morocco, Algeria, and Spain in the 11th century.
– origin Sp., from Arab. al-murābit, lit. ‘one who is bound’.
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