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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Bar·ba·ry /ˈbɑrb(ə)ri/
 北非回教地域

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bar·ba·ry n.  The countries on the north coast of Africa from Egypt to the Atlantic.  Hence: A Barbary horse; a barb. [Obs.] Also, a kind of pigeon.
 Barbary ape Zool., an ape (Macacus innuus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe.  It is very commonly trained by showmen.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Barbary
      n : a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast
          between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for
          pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries