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
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
Two Berber groups, the Almoravids and the Almohads, founded empires that united the Maghrib under Muslim rule.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
The word is extensively used in the Maghrib or Western Africa.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Sir Richard Francis Burton
