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French Morocco

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noun

  1. a former French protectorate in NW Africa, united in 1956 with Spanish Morocco and Tangier to form the kingdom of Morocco

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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By spring of 1943, Prewitt was on his way to French Morocco, Algiers and Libya where American troops worked in concert with English regiments to prepare to invade Sicily.

From Washington Times • Jan. 18, 2020

At the age of 11, Vaira had to move again, to Casablanca in French Morocco.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2019

After war broke out in Europe, but before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Vincennes was dispatched to French Morocco to pick up a shipment of gold.

From Washington Times • May 6, 2018

He traveled to Paris and when the Nazis were about to occupy that city, he somehow acquired the papers and uniform of a French Army private and his unit was evacuated, eventually to French Morocco.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2013

By the end of the summer of 1946 the reports were widespread, coming from Denmark, Norway, Spain, Greece, French Morocco, Portugal, and Turkey.

From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Ruppelt, Edward J.

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