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Burnous

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(from the Arab. burnus), a long cloak of coarse woollen stuff with a hood, usually white in colour, worn by the Arabs and Berbers throughout North Africa.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Burnous'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/burnous.html. 1910.
 
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