Maghreb

American  

[muhg-ruhb] / ˈmʌg rəb /

Or Maghrib

noun

1. the Arabic name for the NW part of Africa, generally including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya.

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Maghreb British  

/ ˈmʌɡrəb /

noun

1. NW Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya

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Etymology

Origin of Maghreb

from Arabic, literally: the West

Example Sentences

Mr El-Kadi had established Maghreb Emergent and Radio M some 10 years ago.

From BBC

Last week, Cozzolino stepped down as chair of the parliament’s delegation working with the Maghreb region — which includes Morocco — and as a member of a committee looking into governmental misuse of surveillance software.

From Seattle Times

If the French language is a pillar of Québécois identity, what is the place of the French spoken by newcomers from the Maghreb or West Africa, accents heard more and more throughout the province?

From New York Times

Ahemeid also faces charges of unlawful use of firearms and explosives and helping provide support to the terrorist groups al-Murabitoun and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, a group he allegedly joined in or around 2007.

From Seattle Times

The Maghreb in north Africa is the western region of the Arab world - but this is a special victory for the whole of the Arab and Muslim world.

From BBC