SG Heritage Dictionary

Barbary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A barbary horse; a barb.

Barbary [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic. Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.

Barbary Encyclopedia Britannica

BARBARY, the general designation of that part of Northern Africa which is bounded on the E. by Egypt, W. by the Atlantic, S. by the Sahara, and N. by the Mediterranean, and comprises the states of - Marocco, Algeria, Tunis, and Tripoli. The name is derived from the Berbers, one of the most remarkable races in the region. (See Africa, vol. i. p. 251, Algeria, Marocco, Tripoli, Tunis.)

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 3, p. 363
[67 words — estimated reading time: 1 minute]