Merge "Barbary" and "Barbary Coast"

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Closed jmccrae closed 4 years ago

jmccrae commented 5 years ago

These refer to the same place

Barbary Coast ewn-08520498-n

the Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates

Barbary ewn-08520259-n

a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries

jmccrae commented 4 years ago

One is a coast, the other a region, so merging is difficult.

I suggest we add 'Barbary Coast', 'Berbery' and 'Berber Coast' as members of ewn-08520259-n following Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_Coast

'Berber Coast' should also be added to ewn-08520498-n