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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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But the tremors were also felt in the capital Rabat, some 350km away, as well as Casablanca, Agadir and Essaouira.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2023

Essaouira, a Moroccan port city, is coastal North Africa at its most quaint and picturesque.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 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

Visit Hanoi and Florence; and hear flamenco in Seville, Spain; and gnaoua music in Essaouira, Morocco.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2020

For another day trip out of Marrakech visit the Jewish heritage sites at Essaouira, once a thriving Jewish center and a former Portuguese fishing town.

From Washington Times • Apr. 17, 2019