Mauritania

Mauritánia Mauritânia Mauritània English thumb|240px|Flag of Mauritania thumb|right|Mauritania on a globe Etymology From en la Maurītānia, from la Maurus Moor. en Mauretania. Pronunciation en /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/ RP en /ˌmɔɹɪˈtɛjnɪjə/ SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Mauritania.wav SSB en /ˌmoɹɪˈteɪni.ə/ US en En-us-Mauritania.ogg US en /ˌmɔɹɪˈtæɪni.ə/ AU en /ˌmɒɹəˈtæɪni.ə/ NZ en /ˌmɔɹɪˈtene.ə/ Scotland en /ˌmaʊ̯.ɹɪˈtan.jɐ/ Philippines Proper noun en Q1025en country r/West Africa Islamic Republic of Mauritania Nouakchott. Derived terms en Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mauritanian Related terms en Mauretania Maurusia Moor Translations Q1025 Islamic Republic of Mauritania Afrikaans: af Mauritanië Albanian: sq Mauritani f, sq Mauritania f definite Amharic: am ሞሪታኒያ Arabic: ar مُورِيتَانِيَا f Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܵܘܪܝܼܛܵܢܝܼܵܐ f Armenian: hy Մավրիտանիա Asturian: ast Mauritania Azerbaijani: az Mavritaniya Belarusian: be Маўрыта́нія f Bengali: bn মৌরিতানিয়া Breton: br Maouritania Bulgarian: bg Маврита́ния f Burmese: my မော်ရီတေးနီးယား Catalan: ca Mauritània f Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵟⴰⵏⵢⴰ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 毛里塔尼亞//毛里塔尼亚 Máolǐtǎníyà, cmn 茅利塔尼亞 Máolìtǎníyà Crimean Tatar: crh Muritaniya Czech: cs Mauritánie f, cs Mauretánie f Danish: da Mauretanien n Dhivehi: dv މޮރިޓޭނިއާ Dobrujan Tatar: crh Múriteniye Dutch: nl Mauritanië n, nl Mauretanië n Esperanto: eo Maŭritanio, eo Maŭritanujo Estonian: et Mauritaania Farefare: gur Mauritania Faroese: fo Móritania Finnish: fi Mauritania French: fr Mauritanie f Galician: gl Mauritania Georgian: ka მავრიტანია German: de Mauretanien n Greek: el Μαυριτανία f Ancient Greek: grc Μαυρουσία f Hausa: ha Moritaniya, ha Muritaniya Hebrew: he מָאוּרִיטַנְיָה f ma'uritanya Hindi: hi मॉरिटानिया Hungarian: hu Mauritánia Icelandic: is Máritanía Indonesian: id Mauritania Interlingua: ia Mauritania Irish: ga Máratáin f An Mháratáin Italian: it Mauritania f Japanese: ja モーリタニア Mōritania Kalenjin: kln Moritenia Kamba: kam Moritania Kazakh: kk Мавритания Khmer: km ម៉ូរីតានី Kikuyu: ki Moritenia Korean: ko ^모리타니, ko ^모리따니 North Korea Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Morîtanya Kyrgyz: ky Мавритания Lao: lo ມໍລິເຕເນຍ Latvian: lv Mauritānija f Lithuanian: lt Mauritanija f Luhya: luy Moritenia Luo: luo Moritenia Macedonian: mk Маврита́нија f Malay: ms Mauritania Maltese: il-mt Mawritanja f Māori: mi Mauritānia Meru: mer Moritania Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Мавритан Navajo: nv Moowitéínya Norman: nrf Mauritannie f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Mauritania Nynorsk: nn Mauritania n Pashto: ps موريتانيا f moritānyā Persian: Dari: prs مورِیتَانِیَا Iranian Persian: fa-ira موریتانی moritâni Polish: pl Mauretania Portuguese: pt Mauritânia f Romani: rom Movaratá Romanian: ro Mauritania f Russian: ru Маврита́ния f Scots: sco Mauritanie Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мауританија f Latin: sh Mauritanija f, sh Mauretanija f Slovak: sk Mauritánia f Slovene: sl Mavretánija f Spanish: es Mauritania f Swahili: sw Moritania, sw Umoritani Swedish: sv Mauretanien n Tagalog: tl Mawritanya, tl Mauritania Tajik: tg Мавритания Tatar: tt Мавритания Thai: th มอริเตเนีย Tigrinya: ti ሞሪታኒያ Turkish: tr Moritanya Turkmen: tk Mawritaniýa Ukrainian: uk Маврита́нія f Urdu: ur مورِیتانِیَہ m Uyghur: ug ماۋرىتانىيە Uzbek: uz Mavritaniya Vietnamese: vi Mô-ri-ta-ni Volapük: vo Moritän Yiddish: yi מאָריטאַניע Yoruba: yo Maritania See also Appendix:Countries of the world en Nouakchott Further reading Mauritania en terms suffixed with -ia (place) Central Huasteca Nahuatl Proper noun nch proper noun nch Mauritania Q1025 Central Nahuatl Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Mauritania Q1025 Finnish fi: Etymology From fi la Mauritania. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Mauritania Q1025 Declension sg Mauritani a Derived terms fi mauritanialainen Galician Proper noun f gl Mauritania Q1025 Related terms gl mauritano Indonesian id: Etymology id la Mauritania. Pronunciation Proper noun id Mauritania Q1025 Noun a Mauritanian Adjective Mauritanian See also Further reading Italian it: Etymology it :lbor la:Mauritania it la Mauritania. Proper noun f it Mauritania Q1025 Derived terms it mauritano Anagrams it aaaiimnrtu umanitaria Latin Alternative forms la Maurētānia Etymology From la Maurītānus -ia Mauritanian, [one] of the Moors country name forming suffix. The first element is from la Maurus Moor, from la grc Μαῦρος, the second from la grc -ίᾱ. Pronunciation Maurītānia Proper noun Maurītānia<1> la <<ancient>> Berber <<kingdom>> Mauretania la Maurūsia la New Latin la Mauritania Q1025 Declension Maurītānia<1> Related terms la Maurī Mauricātim Mauricē Mauricus Mauritānicus Maurus Maurūsia Maurūsius Descendants ca Mauritània en 1 Mauritania fr Mauritanie it Mauritania pt Mauritânia es Mauritania Further reading Norwegian Bokmål no Etymology nb, ultimately from nb la Maurītānia Mauretania; land of the Moors, the name of an ancient Berber kingdom and later Roman province in northwestern Africa. The Latin name is from nb la Maurītānus Mauritanian; one of the Moors, from nb la Maurus Moor, ultimately from nb grc Μαῦρος Moor. The modern West African country was named after ancient Mauretania, although the ancient territory lay mainly in what is now Morocco and western Algeria. Parallel international adaptations include nn Mauritania, da Mauretanien, sv Mauretanien, de Mauretanien, fr Mauritanie and en Mauritania. Pronunciation nb /¹mæʉ.rɪˈtɑː.nɪ.ɑ/ [mæʉ.rɪˈtɑ̀ː.nɪ.ɑ] nb ɑːnɪɑ 5 nb Mau ri ta ni a Proper noun nb proper noun Mauritania; nb country r/West Africa cont/Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean, with Nouakchott as its capital. nb Store deler av Mauritania ligger i Sahara. Large parts of Mauritania lie in the Sahara. nb 25 June 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen Mauritania Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Mauritania Mauritania er et land i Vest-Afrika som grenser til Atlanterhavet i vest. Mauritania is a country in West Africa that borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west. https://web.archive.org/web/20260810230221/https://snl.no/Mauritania 10 August 2026 Usage notes The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists the official long-form name as Den islamske republikk(en) Mauritania; Store norske leksikon gives Den islamske republikken Mauritania (“the Islamic Republic of Mauritania”). Related terms nb mauritanier a Mauritanian nb mauritansk Mauritanian See also References “Mauritania” in Store norske leksikon. “Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med”, Utenriksdepartementet. Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Proper noun nn proper noun nn Mauritania Q1025 Related terms nn mauritaniar nn mauritansk Romanian Etymology ro :lbor la:Mauritania + 1 Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Mauritania.wav Proper noun ro proper noun f ro Mauritania Q1025 Spanish es: Etymology es :lbor la:Mauritania + 1 Pronunciation +<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-Rodelar-Mauritania.wav<a:Spain>> Proper noun f es Mauritania Q1025 Related terms es mauritano Swahili sw: Pronunciation sw Sw-ke-Mauritania.flac Kenya Proper noun sw proper noun sw Mauritania Q1025 See also Yucatec Maya Proper noun yua proper noun yua Mauritania Q1025