douar

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French douar, from Arabic دَوّار (dawwār).

1. A camp or village of tents in a North African country.

   ““A slave would be the better word,” she answered. “I was stolen in the night from my father’s douar by a band of marauders. They brought me here and sold me to the Arab who keeps this café.””

   “he communicated by telephone instead of riding out by horseback, as in the good old days, to stay overnight in the various douars.”