fellagha

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English

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Noun

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fellagha (plural fellaghas or fellagha)

  1. (historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
    • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 86:
      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!’

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɛ.la.ɡa/ ~ /fe.la.ɡa/

Noun

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fellagha m (plural fellagha)

  1. fellagha

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