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  • noun Plural form of djellaba.

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Examples

  • North African djellabas and sub-Saharan African gowns -- along with many all-encompassing black veils, or hijabs.

    France's Veil Ban Goes into Effect 2011

  • North African djellabas and sub-Saharan African gowns -- along with many all-encompassing black veils, or hijabs.

    France's Veil Ban Goes into Effect 2011

  • North African djellabas and sub-Saharan African gowns -- along with many all-encompassing black veils, or hijabs.

    France's Veil Ban Goes into Effect 2011

  • Courteous, discreet waiters in white djellabas and red fezzes scurry about to fulfil your every desire-well, gastronomic desire, at least.

    Spicy, Exotic Dining 2010

  • Courteous, discreet waiters in white djellabas and red fezzes scurry about to fulfil your every desire-well, gastronomic desire, at least.

    Spicy, Exotic Dining 2010

  • Down La Canebière I stroll, heading for the glinting, faraway turquoise eyespot of the Old Port, following women dressed in ankle-length raincoats and Islamic head scarves, long-faced men in frayed djellabas and knit skullcaps, gangly youths with scruffy beards.

    Sunstroked 2008

  • Down La Canebière I stroll, heading for the glinting, faraway turquoise eyespot of the Old Port, following women dressed in ankle-length raincoats and Islamic head scarves, long-faced men in frayed djellabas and knit skullcaps, gangly youths with scruffy beards.

    Sunstroked 2008

  • When Eunice and I arrive, the waiting huts are already full of men dressed in turbans and white djellabas.

    Jane Wells: Witness to Darfur (Part 2) 2008

  • Overweight boys in djellabas drive race-car simulators in a Dubai video arcade.

    Snapshots Of Islam 2008

  • We have just passed a group of about 15 men in flowing white djellabas, or robes, carrying kalashnikov rifles.

    Jane Wells: Witness to Darfur 2008

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