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Morocco

name
/məˈɹɒkəʊ/UK

Etymology

Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), further etymology uncertain. The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world. Compare older Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš) (now اَلْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)), Persian مراکش (marâkeš), Medieval Latin Marrochium. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital. Doublet of Marrakech.

  1. derived from مُرَّاكُش
  2. derived from Marruecos
  3. derived from Marrocos

Definitions

  1. A country in North Africa. Official name

    A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.

  2. A surname from Italian.

  3. A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

    • Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.

    2. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA