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Mascara

proper nounattested in dialogue

A city and provincial capital in northwestern Algeria.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A city and provincial capital in northwestern Algeria.

  2. 2

    A province of Algeria.

Etymology

From Arabic مُعَسْكَر (muʕaskar, “encampment”), from عَسْكَر (ʕaskar, “soldiers, army”).

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