fellagha
English
Noun
fellagha (plural fellagha)
- (historical) A guerrilla soldier fighting for independence in Algeria or Tunisia under French rule.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 86:
- one French colonel, when told that a hundred armed fellagha had been spotted in the Aurès exclaimed contemptuously: ‘Monsieur le Préfet, I've been patrolling the roads for a very long time, and I've never yet seen a fellagha in front of my jeep!’
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 86:
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛ.la.ɡa/, /fe.la.ɡa/
Noun
fellagha m (plural fellagha)
- fellagha
Further reading
- “fellagha”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.