Polisarion.
/ˌpɒlᵻˈsɑːrɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˌpɔləˈsɑrioʊ/, /ˌpɑləˈsɑrioʊ/ An independence movement in Western (formerly Spanish) Sahara, formed in May 1973. Frequently attributive.
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Polisario1975
1975 Times 20 May 6/2 Spanish troops braced for possible action in connexion with tomorrow’s second anniversary of the first battle between desert guerrillas of the Libyan-backed Popular Front for the Liberation of the Sahara (Polisario) and General Franco’s troops... Polisario was trying to exchange the Spanish soldiers for Sahara political prisoners in Spanish jails.
1977 Time 3 Jan. 51/1 Polisario is fighting to gain independence for a new ‘Saharan Arab Democratic Republic’ and the 100,000 people, mostly Reguibet tribesmen, it would represent.
1982 A. R. Taylor Arab Balance Power vi. 90 Libya's active support of the Polisario guerrillas.
1992 Economist 12 Sept. 78/2 Morocco..intends..to hold on to the land—and nobody, apart from Polisario itself, cares enough about the matter to tell it nay.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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