pied noir
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English
Etymology
From French pied noir. See Pied-Noir § Etymology on Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
Noun
pied noir (plural pieds noirs)
- Someone of European origin living in North Africa, especially Algeria, under French rule, particularly one who was repatriated to mainland France after Algerian independence.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 47:
- Oran, the second city of Algeria, was even more European than Algiers; in fact, with 300,000 pied noir inhabitants to 150,000 Muslims, it was the only centre where they predominated.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
See Pied-Noir § Etymology on Wikipedia.
Pronunciation
Noun
pied noir m (plural pieds noirs)