Douar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈduːɑː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Douar is a noun meaning A camp or village of tents in a North African country.
Meaning
A camp or village of tents in a North African country.
Example Sentences
he communicated by telephone instead of riding out by horseback, as in the good old days, to stay overnight in the various douars.
“A slave would be the better word,” she answered. “I was stolen in the night from my father’s douar by a band of marauders. They brought me here and sold me to the Arab who keeps this café.”
‘We burn their douars, we rape their women, we confiscate their crops, we carry out the necessary exemplary executions and we round up those who are left into what I can only call concentrations camps.’
Word Forms
- douars
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