Meanings
plural Almoravids
- historicalA member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
The Almoravid army was a strange rabble of Arabs, Berbers, blacks, wild tribes of the Sahara and Christian mercenaries. They conquered the Spanish forces, and Youssef left to his successors an empire extending from the Ebro to Senegal and from the Atlantic coast of Africa to the borders of Tunisia.
1920 October, Edith Wharton, In Morocco, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons
Origin
- Arabicمُرَابِط
- Spanishalmorávide
- EnglishAlmoravid
Borrowed from Spanish almorávide, from Arabic مُرَابِط (murābiṭ).
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Bengali মোরাবেৎ
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Catalan almoràvit
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Finnish almoravidi
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French Almoravide
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Portuguese almorávida
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Russian альмора́вид
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Spanish almorávide
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Cite this entry
Almoravid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Almoravid
“Almoravid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Almoravid. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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