Maghreb
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Maghreb
from Arabic, literally: the West
Example Sentences
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Other than a few Maghreb footholds and a small tropical outpost – today's independent Equatorial Guinea – its colonial expansion in the 16th and 17th Centuries had mainly been directed across the Atlantic.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
“It is incomprehensible that Rabat has so far forgone German help,” said Carl-Julius Cronenberg, who chairs the German Parliament’s group on the Maghreb, in a statement to German newspaper Tageespiegel.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023
Borders between the Maghreb region's two most populous nations have been kept closed since 1994, despite repeated calls by Morocco in recent years for their reopening.
From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2023
Beginning in the tenth century, the Fatimids started capturing Muslim strongholds throughout the Maghreb.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In times gone by a king reigned over Maghreb.
From Moorish Literature by Basset, René
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