Main Entry:

Tua·reg

Variant(s):

also Toua·reg \ˈtwä-ˌreg\

Function:

noun

Inflected Form(s):

plural Tuareg or Tuaregs also Touareg or Touaregs

Etymology:

Arabic Tawāriq

Date:

1821

: a member of a nomadic people of the central and western Sahara and along the middle Niger from Tombouctou to Nigeria