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Marocco
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English
Proper noun
en Morocco country in north Africa.
Italian
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Etymology
From it ar مَرّاكُش, from it ber -, of uncertain derivation but often thought to mean “Land of God”. The word originally referred to the capital city of en Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world both in Islamic and European languages.
Pronunciation
Maròcco
Proper noun
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it Morocco Q1028
Derived terms
it marocchino
Related terms
it Magreb
it exonyms