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Zirid

Zirid noun: a member of a Sanhaja Berber dynasty, from what is now Algeria, that ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148.

Noun

Zirid (plural Zirids)

  1. (historical) A member of a Sanhaja Berber dynasty, from what is now Algeria, that ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148.

Forms of Zirid

pluralZirids

Questions about Zirid

What does Zirid mean?
Zirid means a member of a Sanhaja Berber dynasty, from what is now Algeria, that ruled the central Maghreb from 972 to 1014 and Ifriqiya (eastern Maghreb) from 972 to 1148.
What part of speech is Zirid?
Zirid is a noun.
What is the plural of Zirid?
The plural of Zirid is Zirids.

Words near Zirid in the dictionary

  1. Zirian
  2. Zirianian
  3. Zirianians
  4. Zirians
  5. ziricote
  6. Zirid
  7. Zirids
  8. Zirin
  9. zirkelite
  10. zirkelites
  11. zirkite

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