Morocco

Etymology

Earlier spelling Marocco, from Spanish Marruecos or Portuguese Marrocos, from Medieval Latin Marrochium, from former capital Marrakech (whence English Marrakech).^[1] (Compare Persian and Urdu, which refer to Morocco as مراکش‎ (“marâkeš”), and Middle Eastern Arabic, which used مراكش‎ (“marraakush”) until recently; Turkish refers to Morocco as Fas, from Fas (“Fez”), another capital.) Marrakech is in turn from Berber Murt n Akush (“Land of God”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɒkəʊ/
• (US) enPR: məräk'ō, /məˈrɑkoʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkəʊ

Proper noun

Morocco

1. A coastal country in North-western Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco.

See also

• Maghreb, Maghrib
• North Africa
• Appendix:Countries of the world

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