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   razzia

   /ˈrazɪə/

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   • 1. a hostile raid for purposes of conquest, plunder, and capture of slaves, especially one carried out by Moors in North Africa. historical

   Word Origin mid 19th century: via French from Algerian Arabic ġāziya ‘raid’.

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   Is razzia a French word?

   • In Western European literature it is known by the name razzia, derived from the French word razzier (rezzou), which entered the French vocabulary after the colonization of Algeria, [ 4 ] and which is no more than a transliteration of the colloquial Arabic word ghazya. [ 2 ]

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   What are the objectives of a razzia?

   • Related terms. A razzia is a surprise attack against an enemy settlement. Although it primarily sought to obtain booty, historically the objectives of a razzia have been diverse: the capture of slaves, ethnic or religious cleansing, expansion of territory, and intimidation of the enemy.

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   Where did razzia come from?

   • In Medieval Hispania, the razzias were known by the name aceifa, from the Andalusian Arabic ṣáyfa, which in turn comes from the classical Arabic ṣā'ifah, with the meaning of "harvest" or "summer expedition". Related terms. akinji: "raider", a late synonym of ghāzī.

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   What is a razzia expedition?

   • A razzia was ordered in the night, and its result was eight hundred prisoners and twelve thousand head of cattle. The Algerine coast has enriched our language with at least two words, respectively warlike and peaceful— razzia and fantasia. It was the people of the same tribe who formed a razzia expedition against us. Razzia definition: .

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   Razzia definition: a plundering raid.. See examples of RAZZIA used in a sentence.

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   A razzia is a plundering and destructive incursion, from colloquial Arabic ghazyah. Learn more about the word history, etymology, and usage of razzia in the Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary.

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   A razzia is a surprise attack against an enemy settlement. Although it primarily sought to obtain booty, historically the objectives of a razzia have been diverse: the capture of slaves, ethnic or religious cleansing, expansion of territory, and intimidation of the enemy.

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   a raid for plunder or slaves, esp one carried out by Moors in North Africa. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C19: from French, from Arabic ghaziah war. razzia in American English. (ˈræziə) noun. a plundering raid. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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   Also known as: ghazw. Learn about this topic in these articles: association with ghanīmah. In ghanīmah. …society, where the ghazw (razzia, or raid) was a way of life and a point of honour, ghanīmah helped provide the material means of existence.

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   Sep 11, 2009 · The razzia, a tactic of swift and brutal raids used by the French military against recalcitrant tribes in Algeria in the 1840s, was a necessary step in modern military thought.

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   Define razzia. razzia synonyms, razzia pronunciation, razzia translation, English dictionary definition of razzia. n. A plundering raid. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing...