Breton

Proper noun

Douar

1. the Earth

English

Alternative forms

• duar

Noun

douar ‎(plural douars)

1. A camp or village of tents in an Arabic country.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 34:

     he communicated by telephone instead of riding out by horseback, as in the good old days, to stay overnight in the various douars.

   • 1988, Robert Irwin, The Mysteries of Algiers, Dedalus 1993, p. 16:

     ‘We burn their douars, we rape their women, we confiscate their crops, we carry out the necessary exemplary executions and we round up those who are left into what I can only call concentrations camps.’

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːaʁ/

Noun

douar m

1. earth
2. land, country

Derived terms

• Douar an Tan
• douaroniezh

French

Etymology

Arabic دَوّار ‎(dawwār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwaʁ/

Noun

douar m ‎(plural douars)

1. douar, duar