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  Kenitra

  noun

  a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.
• Kénitra
  Kénitra

  noun

  a port in NW Morocco, on the Sebou River 16 km (10 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 598 000 (2003)

Kenitra

American  

[kuh-nee-truh] / kəˈni trə /

noun

1. a port in NW Morocco, NE of Rabat.

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Kénitra British  

/ kenitra /

noun

1. Former name (1932–56): Port Lyautey. Also called: Mina Hassan Tani. a port in NW Morocco, on the Sebou River 16 km (10 miles) from the Atlantic. Pop: 598 000 (2003)

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Kenitra

Authorities have set up camps of small tents, including near the city of Kenitra, to shelter evacuees and their livestock.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Images show the Kenitra region and the town of Ksar El Kebir in Larache province of Morocco, submerged in floodwater after recent heavy rainfall.

From Barron's ● Feb. 8, 2026

However, last week he was freed by royal decree from a jail in Kenitra, north of the capital.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2013

Demonstrations were also reported in the cities of Kenitra, Tangier and Tetouan, as well as outside the Moroccan embassy in Paris.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2013

Commander Leon Blair, a brash, talkative Texan and former public relations officer at the U.S. naval base at Kenitra.

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