Berber or Berbers may refer to:
Ethnic group
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Berbers
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, pop1 = 14 million to 18 million
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, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa
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Berber languages
The Berber languages, also known as the Amazigh languages or Tamazight,, ber, label=Tuareg Tifinagh, ⵜⵎⵣⵗⵜ, ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family. They comprise a group of closely related languages spoken by Berber commun ...
, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages
Places
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Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
People with the surname
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Ady Berber
Ady Berber (4 February 1913 – 3 January 1966) was an Austrian film actor, professional wrestler and café owner. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1936 and 1966. He was born and died in Vienna, Austria.
Selected filmography
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(1913–1966), Austrian film actor
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Alejandro Berber (born 1987), Mexican footballer
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Anita Berber (1899–1928), German dancer, actress, and writer
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Fatiha Berber (1945–2015), Algerian actress
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Felix Berber
Karl Heinrich Felix Berber (11 March 1871 – 2 November 1930) was a German violinist.
Life
Born in Jena, Berber was the youngest child of music and art-loving parents. He spent the first part of his childhood in Weimar, where the family move ...
(1871–1930), German violinist
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Fritz Berber (1898–1984), member of the Nazi administration in Germany until 1943
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Kübra Berber (born 1996), Turkish women's footballer
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Mersad Berber (1940–2012), Bosnian painter
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Oğuzhan Berber (born 1992), Turkish footballer
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Philip Berber (born 1958), Irish American entrepreneur and philanthropist
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Yolande Berbers, Belgian computer scientist
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Other uses
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Berber carpet
Berber carpets are carpets hand-woven by the Berber people in North Africa and the Sahara. The carpets come in traditional and modern designs, which are distinguished by different knotting patterns, dyes and fabric textures.
History
The origin ...
, a type of carpet hand-woven by the Berber autochthones in North Africa and the Sahara
* Berber the Moor, a fictional character in ''
The Bastard Executioner''
See also
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Barbaria (East Africa)
Barbaria was the name used by the ancient Greeks for littoral northeast Africa. The corresponding Arabic term, ''bilad al-Barbar'' (land of the Barbar), was used in the Middle Ages.Michael Peppard, "A Letter Concerning Boats in Berenike and Tra ...
or Bilad-al-Barbar, the ancient and medieval name of Somalia
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Berbera
Berbera (; so, Barbara, ar, بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa. I ...
, a port city in Somalia
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Berbere, a spice mixture from Ethiopia
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