Morocco Meaning
/məˈɹɒkəʊ/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
nameA country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.
Sentence Examples
I will be leaving for Morocco next week.
He lives in Morocco.
Morocco is the land of the setting sun.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The team of scientists traveled to ____, a country in North Africa, to study the Atlas Mountains.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Last year, we took an unforgettable trip to ____, where we explored the bustling markets of Marrakech and the beautiful Atlas Mountains.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021:
"The purple morocco cases accompanying the latter contained a handsome set of gold ornaments. Louisa was deeply gratified, even more on Charles's account than on her own; it was such injustice on the part of her family to treat him with such insolence as Lady Anne and Lady Rotheles displayed."
— 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 184:
"Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary."
— 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 164:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The team of scientists traveled to ____, a country in North Africa, to study the Atlas Mountains.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Last year, we took an unforgettable trip to ____, where we explored the bustling markets of Marrakech and the beautiful Atlas Mountains.