Meaning of pied noir | Babel Free

Definitions

Someone of European origin living in North Africa, especially Algeria, under French rule, particularly one who was repatriated to mainland France after Algerian independence.

Examples

“Oran, the second city of Algeria, was even more European than Algiers; in fact, with 300,000 pied noir inhabitants to 150,000 Muslims, it was the only centre where they predominated.”

“His parents were pieds-noirs from Algeria who moved to Morocco, so he spent early childhood in Tangier, leaving him with a love for the Mediterranean, a penchant for cultural mixing and an abiding affection for donkeys.”

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