Morocco

morocco English upright=1.13|thumb|right|Morocco Etymology 1 Earlier spelling en Marocco, from en pt Marrocos and/or en es Marruecos, from en ar مُرَّاكُش, further etymology en 1. 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. Compare older ar مُرَّاكُش (now ar اَلْمَغْرِب), fa مراکش marâkeš, la-med Marrochium. tr - refers to the country as tr Fas from en Fez, another former capital. en Marrakech. Pronunciation en /məˈɹɒkəʊ/ RP en /məˈɹɔkəw/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Morocco.wav SSB məräk'ō US, /məˈɹɑkoʊ/, /mɔɹˈɑkoʊ/ en En-us-Morocco.ogg US en /məˈɹɔkəʉ/ AU!Australia en /məˈɹɒkɐʉ/ NZ en /məˈɾɔko/ Scotland en /məˈɾɒkoː/ Wales en ɒkəʊ 3 Proper noun en Q1028en country r/North Africa Kingdom of Morocco Rabat. en Chris Fitch Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco Geographical (magazine) Geographical http://geographical.co.uk/people/cultures/item/2949-military-conscription 2018-10-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20210227080130/http://geographical.co.uk/people/cultures/item/2949-military-conscription 2021-02-27 Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked. Derived terms en Moroccan Morocco agencies Morocco red Blue Pearl of Morocco Morocco plum Related terms en maroquin Marrakech Descendants ja 1 モロッコ Morokko Translations Q1028 country Acehnese: ace Maghribi Afrikaans: af Marokko Akan: ak Moroko Albanian: sq Maroku Amharic: am ሞሮኮ Arabic: ar الْمَغْرِب f Hijazi Arabic: acw المغرب f al-maḡrib Moroccan Arabic: ary المغرب f el-maḡrib Aragonese: an Marruecos m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܵܪܵܟܸܫ marakish Armenian: hy Մարոկկո Asturian: ast Marruecos m-p Azerbaijani: az Mərakeş Balinese: ban Maroko Bashkir: ba Марокко Basque: eu Maroko Belarusian: be Маро́ка n Bengali: bn মরোক্কো Betawi: bew Magrib, bew Maroko Breton: br Maroko Bulgarian: bg Маро́ко n Burmese: my မော်ရိုကို Catalan: ca Marroc m Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ, tzm ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ Chinese: Cantonese: yue 摩洛哥 mo1 lok3 go1 Mandarin: cmn 摩洛哥 Corsican: co Maroccu m Crimean Tatar: crh Mağrip Czech: cs Maroko m Danish: da Marokko n Dhivehi: dv މައުރިބު Dutch: nl Marokko n Esperanto: eo Maroko Estonian: et Maroko Farefare: gur Maroko Faroese: fo Marokko n Finnish: fi Marokko French: fr Maroc m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Marokko n Galician: gl Marrocos m-p Georgian: ka მაროკო German: de Marokko n Ghomara: gho Greek: el Μαρόκο n Guarani: Paraguayan Guarani: gug Marruéko Gujarati: gu મોરોક્કો Hausa: ha Maroko Màr̃ōkò f Hebrew: he מָרוֹקוֹ f maroko Hindi: hi मोरक्को m, hi मराकेश m Hungarian: hu Marokkó Icelandic: is Marokkó n Indonesian: id Moroko, id Maroko Interlingua: ia Marroco Irish: ga Maracó Italian: it Marocco m Japanese: ja モロッコ Morokko Javanese: jv Maroko Kalenjin: kln Moroko Kamba: kam Moroko Kannada: kn ಮೊರಾಕೊ Kazakh: kk Мағрибия, kk Марокко Khmer: km ម៉ារ៉ុក Kikuyu: ki Moroko Kis: kis Moroko Korean: ko ^모로코, ko ^마로끄 North Korea Kumyk: kum Магърип Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb مەغریب Northern Kurdish: kmr Maroko Kyrgyz: ky Марокко Ladino: lad Maroko Lao: lo ມາລົກ Latin: la Marocum n Latvian: lv Maroka f Lithuanian: lt Marokas m Luhya: luy Moroko Luo: luo Moroko Luxembourgish: lb Marokko n Macedonian: mk Маро́ко n Malay: ms Maghribi Malayalam: ml മൊറോക്കൊ Maltese: mt Marokk il-Marokk Manx: gv Maroc f Yn Varoc Māori: mi Marako, mi Moroko Meru: mer Moroko Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Марокко Navajo: nv Eʼeʼaahjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah Norman: nrf Maroc m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Marokko Occitan: oc Marròc m Odia: or ମୋରୋକୋ Pashto: ps مراکش m marākeš Persian: Dari: prs مَرَاکِش, prs مَغْرِب Iranian Persian: fa-ira مَراکِش, fa-ira مَغْرِب Polish: pl Maroko n Portuguese: pt Marrocos m Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਮਰਾਕਿਸ਼, pa ਮੋਰਾਕੋ Shahmukhi: pa مراکش marākeś Rarotongan: rar Maroko Romanian: ro Maroc n Romansh: rm Maroc m Russian: ru Маро́кко n Sardinian: sc Marocu m, sc Maroccu m Scots: sco Morocco Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Маро̀ко m Latin: sh Maròko m Sicilian: scn Maroccu m Sinhalese: si මොරොක්කෝව Slovak: sk Maroko n Slovene: sl Maroko m Spanish: es Marruecos m Sundanese: su Maroko Swahili: sw Moroko Swedish: sv Marocko n Tagalog: tl Maruwekos, tl Maruekos Tajik: tg Марокаш Tamil: ta மொரோக்கோ Tarifit: rif Tashelhit: shi lmɣrib Tatar: tt Марокко Telugu: te మొరాకో Thai: th โมร็อกโก Tigrinya: ti ሞሮኮ Turkish: tr Fas Turkmen: tk Marokko Ukrainian: uk Маро́кко n Urdu: ur مَراکِش m Uyghur: ug ماراكەش Uzbek: uz Marokash Vietnamese: vi Ma-rốc Walloon: wa Marok m Welsh: cy Moroco f West Flemish: vls Marokko n Yiddish: yi מאַראָקאָ Yoruba: yo Mòrókò Etymology 2 Probably a surname of en it - origin. Proper noun s en Italian. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Morocco is the 37591st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Morocco is most common among White (92.23%) individuals. See also en Maghreb, en Maghrib en North Africa Appendix:Countries of the world Further reading en exonyms