tabia

In addition to this, the hills of a great part of Spain are dotted with fortresses of "tabia" (rammed earth concrete) precisely such as are occupied still by the country kaïds of Morocco; and by the wayside are traces of the skill exercised in bringing water underground from the hills beyond Marrákesh.

Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Budgett Meakin 1886

Race is physicial, but “kizungu” is tabia or utamaduni, words that get mistranslated as culture or civilization, but mean something deeper about how and why people relate to other people the way that they do.

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Race is physicial, but “kizungu” is tabia or utamaduni, words that get mistranslated as culture or civilization, but mean something deeper about how and why people relate to other people the way that they do.

Zunguzungu 2009

“Liya na tabia yako usilaumu wenzako,”Ruby said in a rush.

Second Glance Jodi Picoult 2003

The town of Timbuctoo is surrounded by a mud-wall: the walls are built tabia-wise [19] as in Barbary, viz. they make large wooden cases, which they fill with mud, and when that dries they remove the cases higher up till they have finished the wall.

An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny

Our putting this tract under the tabia-system had prepared us an unpleasant surprise.

Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia Norman Douglas 1910

The only relic which I saw in 1890 was a large piece of tabia, forming a substantial wall near to the new cathedral, which might have belonged to the city wall or only to a fortress.

Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Budgett Meakin 1886

Riding into Jaen on the top of the diligence from Granáda, I was struck with the familiar appearance of two brown tabia fortresses above the town, giving the hillside the appearance of one of the lower slopes of the Atlas.

Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Budgett Meakin 1886

The colour of the earth here is precisely that of the plains of Dukála and Marrákesh, and the buildings, being all constructed of tabia, are naturally of that colour.

Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond Budgett Meakin 1886

Page 87 where I turned back -- England's tabia, 25$ g'll'n.

Diary of Jason Niles (1814-1894) : June 22, 1861-December 31, 1864, 1864