morocco

CEFRB1

/məˈɹɒkəʊ/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A country in northwestern Africa.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

Examples

  • I will be leaving for Morocco next week.

  • Morocco is the land of the setting sun.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A surname from Italian.

  2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.

  3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

More examples

In context

  • He lives in Morocco.

  • Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The team of scientists traveled to blank, a country in North Africa, to study the Atlas Mountains.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), further etymology uncertain. The word originally referred to the capital city of 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 Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš) (now اَلْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)), Persian مراکش (marâkeš), Medieval Latin Marrochium. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital. Doublet of Marrakech.