Mauretania

American  

[mawr-i-tey-nee-uh] / ˌmɔr ɪˈteɪ ni ə /

Or Mauritania

noun

1. an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.

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Mauretania British  

/ ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient region of N Africa, corresponding approximately to the N parts of modern Algeria and Morocco

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Other Word Forms

• Mauretanian adjective

Example Sentences

"Mauretania to Urban Council, Amble, to the last and kindliest port in England, greetings and thanks. Mauretania."

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

The ceremony had been captured on motion picture film that was, the theater advertised, “Now on the Mauretania speeding to New York and by special messenger to Washington.”

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

Moreover, the urban elite in these towns began to emulate Carthage, and eventually they founded their own states inland, such as Mauretania, which was established by the Mauri and Massylii peoples of the Atlas Mountains.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Europeans called the invaders Moors, after Mauretania, the Roman name for North Africa.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

Cribbing a metaphor from Francis Aston of the Cavendish, Laurence reported that the energy unleashed from a glass of water could power the ocean liner Mauretania “across the Atlantic and back again.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik