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fellaghas

fellaghas is the plural of fellagha.

Meaning of fellagha

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

Questions about fellaghas

What is fellaghas the plural of?
Fellaghas is the plural of fellagha.

Words near fellaghas in the dictionary

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

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