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What does Rif mean?

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Proper noun
  1. a mountainous region in northern Morocco
  2. a republic which existed briefly during the 1920s in what is now northern Morocco
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Perched on a hillock and overlooked by the brooding massifs of the western Rif mountains, here you get your first taste of Moroccan geographical realities.
The Rif Berbers rebelled, led by Abdelkrim, a former officer for the Spanish administration.
The Berbers were originally from the Atlas mountains and Rif mountains of North Africa and were essentially nomads.
Le cinema Abc a Casablanca, la Cinematheque Rif de Tanger programment en effet le nouveau film franco-mauritanien, Timbuktu de Abderrahmane Sissako.
In the Rif Mountains, large quantities of marijuana, called kif, are grown for profit.
The heavy losses suffered during the Rif War in Morocco brought discredit to the government and undermined the monarchy.

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