Definition of Almohad in English:
Almohad
(also Almohade)
nounPlural Almohads ˈalməhadˈɑlməˌhɑd
A member of a Berber Muslim movement and dynasty that conquered the Spanish and North African empire of the Almoravids in the 12th century.
穆瓦希德人(柏柏尔穆斯林运动和12世纪征服西班牙和穆拉比特人的北非帝国的王朝成员)
Example sentencesExamples
- The decisive foundation date in the history of Gibraltar is 1159 - the period when the Almohad Empire extended over all of Spain and North Africa.
- Lastly, Brett has put forward the possibility that the arrival of the Almoravids and Almohads created new markets for, and new channels of access to, black slaves in al-Andalus and North Africa, replacing the demand for whites.
- Early in the twelfth century the Almohads, another clan, overthrew the Almoravid dynasty and assumed rule.
- In North Africa, the new Almohades dynasty was in the ascendant and took away most of Tunisia in the 1150s.
- Seville cathedral was originally built as a Mosque by the Almohads in the late 12th century but later became the largest Gothic church in the world.
Origin
Spanish, ultimately from Arabic al-muwaḥḥidun 'believers in one God'.