Associations to the word «Barbary»

BARBARY, proper noun. The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.

BARBARY, adjective. Barbarian; non-Christian

BARBARY APE, noun. A tailless monkey, Macaca sylvanus, found on Gibraltar and in parts of north Africa

BARBARY APES, noun. Plural of Barbary ape

BARBARY COAST, proper noun. The Mediterranean region off the coast of North Africa, once notorious as a haven for pirates

BARBARY COAST, proper noun. (by extension) A waterfront area of San Francisco at the time of the gold rush

BARBARY DOVE, noun. A domesticated dove with unclear taxonomic classification, often treated as its own species as Streptopelia risoria. Other sources classify it as subspecies of either Eurasian collared dove, Streptopelia decaocto or African collared dove Streptopelia roseogrisea.

BARBARY DOVES, noun. Plural of barbary dove

BARBARY LION, noun. A subspecies of lion, Panthera leo leo, now extinct in the wild.

BARBARY LIONS, noun. Plural of Barbary lion

BARBARY MACAQUE, noun. Macaca sylvanus, an Old World monkey found in Gibraltar and the Atlas Mountains in Algeria and Morocco.

BARBARY MACAQUES, noun. Plural of Barbary macaque

BARBARY SHEEP, noun. A wild North African caprid (not a true sheep), Ammotragus lervia

BARBARY, noun. A region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries.