Mauritania

English

Seal of Mauritania

Etymology

From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɔːɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
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Proper noun

Mauritania

  1. A country in Northern Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Mauritania

  1. Mauritania

Declension

Inflection of Mauritania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative Mauritania —
genitive Mauritanian —
partitive Mauritaniaa —
illative Mauritaniaan —
singular plural
nominative Mauritania —
accusative nom. Mauritania —
gen. Mauritanian
genitive Mauritanian —
partitive Mauritaniaa —
inessive Mauritaniassa —
elative Mauritaniasta —
illative Mauritaniaan —
adessive Mauritanialla —
ablative Mauritanialta —
allative Mauritanialle —
essive Mauritaniana —
translative Mauritaniaksi —
instructive — —
abessive Mauritaniatta —
comitative — —

Derived terms

Italian

Proper noun

Mauritania f

  1. Mauritania

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Maurus (“Moor”)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a/

Proper noun

Maurītānia f (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension

  1. Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
  2. (New Latin) Mauritania (modern country in North Africa)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Maurītānia
genitive Maurītāniae
dative Maurītāniae
accusative Maurītāniam
ablative Maurītāniā
vocative Maurītānia

Synonyms

  • Maurūsia
  • Mauricus
  • Mauritānicus
  • Maurus

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Mauritania

  1. Mauritania

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mauritania

  1. Mauritania

Romanian

Proper noun

Mauritania f

  1. Mauritania

Spanish

Proper noun

Mauritania f

  1. Mauritania
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