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967:زناتي, from the medieval
444:"field of dunes" (in the
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328:برج, fort. from Arabic.
936:زاوية "Quranic school"
897:صحراء تينيري, "desert"
817:; attested as early as
621:لالاّ, "female saint".
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315:بركان, "black" from
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981:زريبة, "stockade"
866:, Tuareg language.
777:سيدي, "male saint"
651:مليل, "white" from
597:خميس, "Thursday".
588:قلعة, "fortress".
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908:وهران, "lions",
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752:سبخة, "
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641:melloul
614:castrum
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