a historic name for a region of N Africa extending from W Egypt to the Atlantic and including the former Barbary States of Tripolitania, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
All related terms of 'Barbary'
Barbary Coast
coastal region of N Africa, extending from Egypt to the Atlantic, inhabited chiefly by Berbers and once (until early 19th cent .) dominated by pirates
Barbary ape
a tailless macaque , Macaca sylvana , that inhabits rocky cliffs and forests in NW Africa and Gibraltar : family Cercopithecidae , order Primates
Barbary duck
the flesh of a Muscovy duck used as food
Barbary horse
a breed of horse of North African origin , similar to the Arab but less spirited
Barbary sheep
→ aoudad
Barbary States
semi-independent Turkish provinces along the coast of N Africa (16th-19th cent.); Tripoli , Tunisia , Algeria , & Morocco
the Barbary Coast
a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries