Ouled Naïl
English
Alternative forms
- Ouled-Nail, Ouled Nail
Noun
Ouled Naïl (plural Ouled Naïls)
- An Arab tribal confederation living in the Ouled Naïl Range, Algeria.
- A female dancer, performer, courtesan, etc., from this group.
- 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Dancing Girl of Sidi Aissa”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 96:
- The Ouled-Nails had extinguished their candles at a cry from one of their number, and the only light within the yard came feebly from the open and half-blocked door of the café.