The Mediterranean coast of northern Africa that was famous for its Moorish pirates WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The Barbary Coast was the name given to the coastal regions of North Africa or Maghreb, specifically the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, as well as the Sultanate of Morocco from the 16th to 19th centuries. Wikipedia

Term used by Europeans from the 16th until the 19th century to refer to the coastal regions of what is now Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Historic name of the coastal region of North Africa Wikidata

The Mediterranean region off the coast of North Africa, once notorious as a haven for pirates. Wiktionary