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Tuareg

noun Tua·reg \ˈtwä-ˌreg\
plural Tuareg or Tuaregs also Touareg or Touaregs

Definition of TUAREG

:  a member of a nomadic people of the central and western Sahara and along the middle Niger from Tombouctou to Nigeria
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Variants of TUAREG

Tua·reg also Toua·reg \ˈtwä-ˌreg\
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Origin of TUAREG

Arabic Tawāriq
First Known Use: 1821

Rhymes with TUAREG

blackleg, bootleg, bowleg, dogleg, foreleg, jackleg, jake leg, JPEG, milk leg, MPEG, muskeg, nutmeg, peg leg, redleg, roughleg, unpeg

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