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Sanhaja is an English word. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sanhaja in a sentence

Sanhaja meaning

  1. One of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zenata and Masmuda.
  2. A Berber ethnic group who inhabit the Rif in northern Morocco, speaking the Senhaja de Srair language.

Using Sanhaja

  • The main meaning on this page is: One of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zenata and Masmuda. | A Berber ethnic group who inhabit the Rif in northern Morocco, speaking the Senhaja de Srair language.
  • In the example corpus, sanhaja often appears in combinations such as: the sanhaja.

Context around Sanhaja

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

lamtuna 1× southern 1×

Often after:

berber 1× union 1× center 1× berbers 1× gazzula 1× favoring 1×

Sentence patterns with Sanhaja

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and a sanhaja center at 1× and the sanhaja favoring the 1× dislodge the sanhaja gazzula and 1× from southern sanhaja berbers 1× over the sanhaja berber tribe 1× refound the sanhaja union and 1× the lamtuna sanhaja 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after winning over 1× for the lamtuna 1× he had earlier 1× the almoravids 1056 1× the almoravids veiled 1× the maghrawa also 1×

Common sentence endings:

and draa valleys 1× end in 1055 1× favoring the fatimids 1× south of algiers 1× southern sanhaja berbers 1× the lamtuna sanhaja 1×

Words around Sanhaja

Just before it in the word index:

sanha 3 sanh 7 sangyo 5 sangyegang 2 sangwani 4 sangwan 10

Just after it in the word index:

sanhedrin 27 sanheim 25 sanhita 6 sani 324 sania 32 sanibel 11

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Sanhaja

  • In this selection, "sanhaja" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, lamtuna, southern, berber, union and center stand out and add context to how "sanhaja" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and a sanhaja center at and and the sanhaja favoring the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sanhaja" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sanhaja

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The Almoravids (1056-1147) first began far south of Morocco, among the Lamtuna Sanhaja. (14 words)

The Maghrib was disrupted, being contested between the Zenata and the Sanhaja favoring the Fatimids. (15 words)

He had earlier (935) built his own house and a Sanhaja center at Ashir, just south of Algiers. (18 words)

Longer example sentences

After winning over the Sanhaja Berber tribe, they quickly took control of the entire desert trade route, seizing Sijilmasa at the northern end in 1054, and Aoudaghost at the southern end in 1055. (33 words)

The Maghrawa also exploited this disunion to dislodge the Sanhaja Gazzula and Lamta out of their pasturelands in the Sous and Draa valleys. (23 words)

For the Lamtuna leadership, this new ideology dovetailed with their long desire to refound the Sanhaja union and recover their lost dominions. (22 words)

Example sentences (7)

After winning over the Sanhaja Berber tribe, they quickly took control of the entire desert trade route, seizing Sijilmasa at the northern end in 1054, and Aoudaghost at the southern end in 1055.

For the Lamtuna leadership, this new ideology dovetailed with their long desire to refound the Sanhaja union and recover their lost dominions.

He had earlier (935) built his own house and a Sanhaja center at Ashir, just south of Algiers.

The Almoravids (1056-1147) first began far south of Morocco, among the Lamtuna Sanhaja.

The Almoravids veiled themselves below the eyes with a tagelmust a custom they adapted from southern Sanhaja Berbers.

The Maghrawa also exploited this disunion to dislodge the Sanhaja Gazzula and Lamta out of their pasturelands in the Sous and Draa valleys.

The Maghrib was disrupted, being contested between the Zenata and the Sanhaja favoring the Fatimids.

Common combinations with sanhaja

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sanhaja" in a sentence?
An example: "After winning over the Sanhaja Berber tribe, they quickly took control of the entire desert trade route, seizing Sijilmasa at the northern end in 1054, and Aoudaghost at the southern end in 1055." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "sanhaja" from authentic English texts.
What does "sanhaja" mean?
Sanhaja means: One of the largest Berber tribal confederations, along with the Zenata and Masmuda.
How many example sentences with "sanhaja" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "sanhaja", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.