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Mozarab

UK/məʊˈzæɹəb/US/moʊˈzæɹəb/

Mozarab noun: an Iberian Christian living under Arab domination.

Noun

Mozarab (plural Mozarabs)

  1. An Iberian Christian living under Arab domination.
    • The Mozarabs were bilingual in Romance and Arabic and lived along the border area (north of the border to be precise) between Christian Iberia and Al-Andalus. This particular community sought to remain bilingual because it derived its identity from being both Arab-like and Christian.2011, Yasmine Beale-Rivaya, American Speech, vol. 86, no. 4, Maintaining a Language of Culture: Outcomes of Medieval Iberian Shift as a Predictor for Spanish in the American Southwest, p. 417

Forms of Mozarab

pluralMozarabs

Origin of Mozarab

From Spanish mozárabe, from Arabic مُسْتَعْرِب (mustaʕrib).

Questions about Mozarab

What does Mozarab mean?
Mozarab means an Iberian Christian living under Arab domination.
What part of speech is Mozarab?
Mozarab is a noun.
How do you pronounce Mozarab?
Mozarab is pronounced /məʊˈzæɹəb/ (UK).
What is the plural of Mozarab?
The plural of Mozarab is Mozarabs.

Words near Mozarab in the dictionary

  1. Mozambique drills
  2. Mozambiquean
  3. Mozambiquer
  4. mozambiques
  5. Mozar
  6. Mozarab
  7. Mozarabian
  8. Mozarabic
  9. Mozarabite
  10. Mozarabites
  11. Mozarabs

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