Maghreb

American

[muhg-ruhb] / ˈmʌg rəb /

Or Maghrib

noun

the Arabic name for the NW part of Africa, generally including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya.

Maghreb British

/ ˈmʌɡrəb /

noun

NW Africa, including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya

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Etymology

Origin of Maghreb

from Arabic, literally: the West

Example Sentences

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Other than a few Maghreb footholds and a small tropical outpost – today's independent Equatorial Guinea – its colonial expansion in the 16th and 17th Centuries had mainly been directed across the Atlantic.

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

“It is incomprehensible that Rabat has so far forgone German help,” said Carl-Julius Cronenberg, who chairs the German Parliament’s group on the Maghreb, in a statement to German newspaper Tageespiegel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Borders between the Maghreb region's two most populous nations have been kept closed since 1994, despite repeated calls by Morocco in recent years for their reopening.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2023

What effect did the rising power of Rome in North Africa have on Maghreb?

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Notes sur la Poesie et la musique Arabes dans le Maghreb Algerien, pp. 14-16.

From Moorish Literature by Basset, René

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