Douar

male name. Etymology: with the XVIIe century, adouar, “group of tents”, borrowed of Maghrebian Arabic " duwwar" , “camping of tents in circle”.

Current acceptance

At the Maghreb, grouping of dwellings, hamlet, even village or village as an administrative entity.

The word Douar into Breton means ground. One finds this term in the name of many organizations in all Brittany

Ethnology

Wandering type of camping, in particular in North Africa.

History

In Algeria under French administration, the douar was a basic administrative division.

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