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Marrakesh

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[mar-uh-kesh, mar-uh-kesh, muh-rah-kesh] / ˈmær əˌkɛʃ, ˌmær əˈkɛʃ, məˈrɑ kɛʃ /
Or Marrakech

noun

  1. a city in W Morocco.


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Ivory Coast found themselves two goals behind after just 21 minutes in Marrakesh, with Guelor Kanga pouncing on a handling error by goalkeeper Alban Lafont to put Gabon in front.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

Earlier, Oswin Appollis converted a late penalty to give South Africa victory against Zimbabwe in Marrakesh as Bafana Bafana qualified for the knockout stage.

From Barron's • Dec. 29, 2025

In 2020, photographer Caitlin O’Hara snapped linguist Rachid Baligh of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Marrakesh, Morocco, with his family, his 2015 Ural cT motorcycle, and his miniature schnauzer, Lola, in the Arizona desert.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

She says she and her husband have previously booked holidays within a few days of flying to Tenerife, Salou and Marrakesh and have saved money each time.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

When the Sultan went to Fez, a party of soldiers and goldsmiths and craftsmen of all sorts went with him from the city of Marrakesh, in number over forty thousand souls.

From In the Tail of the Peacock by Savory, Isabel

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