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Akli

Kabyle for a black-skinned man, a word once also used for an enslaved person.

Meaning and origin

Akli is a traditional Kabyle Berber name from the Kabylie region of Algeria, taken from an everyday Tamazight word that described a dark-skinned man and, in earlier centuries, a person held in slavery.

How to pronounce Akli

English (US)AHK-lee /ˈakli/

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