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Essaouira

American  
[es-uh-weer-uh] / ˌɛs əˈwɪər ə /

noun

  1. a seaport in W Morocco.


Essaouira British  
/ ˌɛsəˈwɪərə /

noun

  1. Former name (until 1956): Mogador. a port in SW Morocco on the Atlantic. Pop: 84 000 (2003)

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Earlier this year, he and his wife Sylvia travelled to Morocco for the first time, stopping through cities like Marrakech, Fez and Essaouira.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

The director’s method was to work out the specifics in the film’s environments, namely the beaches of Morocco’s Essaouira and in the mountain village of Aït Benhaddou, where Troy was constructed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

What to do for 36 hours in Essaouira, Morocco.

From New York Times ● Dec. 30, 2022

“You need to know the goats before you can make cheese,” Abderrazzak, the owner of La Fromagerie, a goat farm and cheesery outside Essaouira, said matter-of-factly from the other side of the gate.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022

Most argan oil is produced by local cooperatives of Amazigh-speaking Berber women around the cities of Agadir, Essaouira and Taroudant where the argan tree, which bears small green fruit resembling an olive, is common.

From Reuters ● Jun. 15, 2021

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