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fellagha

fellagha noun: a guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.

Noun

fellagha (plural fellaghas or fellagha)

  1. (historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
    • one French colonel, when told that a hundred armed fellagha had been spotted in the Aurès exclaimed contemptuously: ‘Monsieur le Préfet, I've been patrolling the roads for a very long time, and I've never yet seen a fellagha in front of my jeep!’1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 86

Forms of fellagha

pluralfellaghas
pluralfellagha

Questions about fellagha

What does fellagha mean?
Fellagha means a guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
What part of speech is fellagha?
Fellagha is a noun.
What is the plural of fellagha?
The plural of fellagha is fellaghas.

Words near fellagha in the dictionary

  1. fell-running
  2. fell-walking
  3. fella
  4. fellable
  5. fellage
  6. fellagha
  7. fellaghas
  8. fellah
  9. fellahdom
  10. fellaheen
  11. fellahin

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