Maghreb
noun
the Arabic name for the NW part of Africa, generally including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and sometimes Libya.
Maghrib
-
a variation of
Maghreb.
Example Sentences
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When she tells her father that she is learning Maghrib ideas about acceptance in prison it seems disingenuous.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021
The Santa Monica resident had arrived to attend sunset prayer, known as Maghrib.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2020
By 670, Muslims ruled Egypt and had entered the Maghrib, the part of North Africa that is today the Mediterranean coast of Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
While the Almohad Empire lasted just over 100 years, it united the Maghrib under one rule for the first time.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Bādīs, the Zeirid ruler of the Maghrib, made himself independent, and substituted in prayer the name of the Abbasid caliph for that of Mostansir.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
