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Moroccan
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English
Etymology
From en Morocco -an.
Pronunciation
en /məˈɹɒkɪn/ UK
en /məˈɹɑkɪn/ CA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Moroccan.wav Southern England
en ɒkɪn 3
Noun
A person from Morocco.
en 11-10-2015 Aida Alami Moroccan Government Cracks Down on Journalists and Activists w:The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/africa/moroccan-government-cracks-down-on-journalists-and-activists.html The group is accused of defaming the state after a British nonprofit, Privacy International, wrote a report based on the testimony of four Moroccans who say they were targets of cybersurveillance by the government. https://web.archive.org/web/20251024215313/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/12/world/africa/moroccan-government-cracks-down-on-journalists-and-activists.html 24 October 2025
Translations
person from Morocco
Afrikaans: af Marokkaan
Albanian: sq maroken m
Arabic: ar مَغْرِبِيّ m, ar مَغْرِبِيَّة f
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܵܐ m marākišnāyā, aii ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܬܵܐ f marākišnāytā
Armenian: hy
Asturian: ast marroquín m, ast marroquina f
Azerbaijani: az mərakeşli
Belarusian: be марака́нец m, be марака́нка f
Bulgarian: bg марока́нец m, bg марока́нка f
Catalan: ca marroquí
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 摩洛哥人
Corsican: co marocchinu m, co marocchina f
Czech: cs Maročan m, cs Maročanka f
Danish: da marokkaner
Dutch: nl Marokkaan, nl Marokkaanse
Esperanto: eo marokano man or woman, eo marokanino woman
Estonian: et marokolane
Finnish: fi marokkolainen
French: fr Marocain m, fr Marocaine f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Marokkaan c, fy Marokkaansk, fy Marokkaanske
Galician: gl marroquí m
Georgian: ka მოროკოელი
German: de Marokkaner m, de Marokkanerin f
Greek: el Μαροκινός m, el Μαροκινή f
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug marruekogua
Hebrew: he מָרוֹקָאִי maroká'i
Hindi: hi मोरक्की m f
Hungarian: hu marokkói
Italian: it marocchino m, it marocchina f
Japanese: ja モロッコ人 モロッコじん, Morokkojin
Kazakh: kk мароккалық
Korean: ko 모로코인, ko 모로코 사람
Kyrgyz: ky марокколук
Latvian: lv marokietis m, lv marokiete f
Lithuanian: lt marokietis m, lt marokietė f
Macedonian: mk Марока́нец m, mk Марока́нка f
Malay: ms orang Maghribi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb marokkaner m
Nynorsk: nn marokkan m, nn marokkanar m
Persian: fa مَراکِشی marâkeši
Polish: pl Marokańczyk m, pl Marokanka f
Portuguese: pt marroquino m
Romanian: ro marocan m, ro marocană f
Russian: ru марокка́нец m, ru марокка́нка f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Марока́нац m, sh Мароканка f
Latin: sh Marokánac m, sh Marokanka f
Slovak: sk Marokánec m, sk Marokánka f
Slovene: sl Maročan m, sl Maročanka f
Spanish: es marroquí m f, es marroquín m f
Swahili: sw Mmoroko
Swedish: sv marockan
Tachawit: shy
Tajik: tg марокашӣ
Tarifit: rif
Tashelhit: shi
Turkish: tr Faslı
Ukrainian: uk марокка́нець m, uk марокка́нка f
Volapük: vo Marokänan
Adjective
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Of, from, or pertaining to Morocco or the Moroccan people.
en 2000 Catherine Hanger Morocco 37 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=TT8iRuvzkNwC&pg=PA37&dq=%22harissa%22&hl=en&ei=12LCTZHjCIG8vgPm7b2xAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=48&ved=0CLoCEOgBMC8#v=onepage&q=%22harissa%22&f=false Another sauce, mainly used as a condiment, is harissa, made from pulverised chillies, garlic, salt and olive oil. Harissa is not generically Moroccan, but nevertheless is often found accompanying tajines and couscous.
en 24-01-2009 Corey Mintz Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge w:Toronto Star http://www.thestar.com/living/article/574262 Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14). https://web.archive.org/web/20120424023711/http://www.thestar.com:80/living/article/574262 24 April 2012
Derived terms
en Moroccan Arabic Moroccan red Moroccanise Moroccanism Moroccanization Moroccanize Moroccanness Moroccan dirham Moroccan Darija
Translations
pertaining to Morocco
Afrikaans: af Marokkaans
Albanian: sq maroken
Arabic: ar مَغْرِبِيّ
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܵܐ m marākišnāyā
Armenian: hy
Asturian: ast marroquín
Azerbaijani: az mərakeşli, az mərakeş
Belarusian: be марака́нскі
Bulgarian: bg марока́нски
Burmese: my မော်ရိုကို
Catalan: ca marroquí
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 摩洛哥
Czech: cs marocký
Danish: da marokkansk
Dutch: nl Marokkaans
Esperanto: eo maroka
Estonian: et maroko
Finnish: fi marokkolainen
French: fr marocain
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Marokkaansk
Galician: gl marroquí
German: de marokkanisch
Greek: el μαροκινός
Hebrew: he מָרוֹקָאִי maroká'i
Hindi: hi मोरक्की
Hungarian: hu marokkói
Icelandic: is marokkanskur m, is marokkansk f, is marokkanskt n
Indonesian: id Maroko
Italian: it marocchino
Japanese: ja モロッコ Morokko no モロッコの
Kazakh: kk марокко
Khmer: km ម៉ារ៉ុក
Korean: ko 모로코 ^모로코-의
Kyrgyz: ky марокко
Lao: lo ມາລົກ
Latvian: lv marokiešu, lv marokānis
Lithuanian: lt marokiečių, lt marokietis
Macedonian: mk марока́нски
Malay: ms Maghribi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb marokkansk
Nynorsk: nn marokkansk
Occitan: oc marrocan m, oc marroquin m
Pashto: ps مراکشي marākeši
Persian: fa مَراکِشی marâkeši
Polish: pl marokański m
Portuguese: pt marroquino m
Romanian: ro marocan
Russian: ru марокка́нский
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh маро̀канскӣ
Latin: sh maròkanskī
Slovak: sk marocký
Slovene: sl maroški
Spanish: es marroquí
Swahili: sw Kimoroko
Swedish: sv marockansk
Tajik: tg марокашӣ
Thai: th โมร็อกโก
Turkish: tr Faslı
Ukrainian: uk марокка́нський
Urdu: ur مَراکِشی marākeśī
Uzbek: uz marokash
Vietnamese: vi Ma-rốc
Volapük: vo Marokänik
Welsh: cy Morocaidd
en 3-syllable words
en Morocco Nationalities