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zareeba

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za⋅re⋅ba

  [zuh-ree-buh]
–noun
(in the Sudan and adjoining regions) a protective enclosure, as of thorn bushes.
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Also, za⋅ree⋅ba.

Origin:
1840–50; < Ar zarībah pen
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za·re·ba also za·ree·ba   (zə-rē'bə)   
n.  

  1. An enclosure of bushes or stakes protecting a campsite or village in northeast Africa.

  2. A campsite or village protected by such an enclosure.


[Arabic zarība, cattle pen.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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