Definition of Spahi. Meaning of Spahi. Synonyms of Spahi

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Definition of Spahi

Spahi
Spahi Spa"hi, Spahee Spa"hee, n. [Per., Turk., & Hind. sip[=a]h[=i]: cf. F. spahi. See Seroy.] 1. Formerly, one of the Turkish cavalry. 2. An Algerian cavalryman in the French army.

Meaning of Spahi from wikipedia

- Spahis (French pronunciation: [spa.i]) were light-cavalry regiments of the French army recruited primarily from the Arab and Berber po****tions of Algeria...
- The 1st Spahi Regiment (French: 1er Régiment de Spahis) is an armored regiment of the modern French Army, previously called the 1st Moroccan Spahi Regiment...
- Mam'zelle Spahi is a 1934 French comedy film directed by Max de Vaucorbeil and starring Noël-Noël, Raymond Cordy and Josette Day. It was produced and...
- 19th and 20th centuries (see Spahi). The word is derived from Persian and means "soldier" and is also transliterated as spahi and spahee; rendered in other...
- The Spahi class consisted of seven destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. One ship was lost during the First World...
- Italian Spahis were light cavalry colonial troops of the Kingdom of Italy, raised in Italian Libya between 1912 and 1942. The Italian colonial administration...
- remains part of the parade uniform of the one remaining spahi regiment of the French Army: the 1st Spahi Regiment. Other names for a burnous include albornoz...
- the Fautaua Falls, is named for Loti. This was followed by Le Roman d'un spahi (1881), a record of the melancholy adventures of a soldier in Senegal. In...
- Face to face (modelling agency), Let's Take Care of the Planet (Youssef Spahi), the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism, and the Egyptian Tourism Authority....
- Spahi was the name ship of her class of destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The Spahi-class was over 50 percent...