Mauretania

American  

[mawr-i-tey-nee-uh] / ˌmɔr ɪˈteɪ ni ə /

Or Mauritania

noun

1. an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.

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Mauretania British  

/ ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə /

noun

1. an ancient region of N Africa, corresponding approximately to the N parts of modern Algeria and Morocco

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Other Word Forms

• Mauretanian
  adjective

Example Sentences

The ceremony had been captured on motion picture film that was, the theater advertised, “Now on the Mauretania speeding to New York and by special messenger to Washington.”

From Washington Post • May 2, 2023

These kingdoms, known to the Romans as Mauretania and Numidia, had extended their control of much of North Africa by the second century BCE as Carthage declined and Rome ascended.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

The Europeans called the invaders Moors, after Mauretania, the Roman name for North Africa.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022

The so-called Barkhane force is also involved in Chad, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauretania.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

Cribbing a metaphor from Francis Aston of the Cavendish, Laurence reported that the energy unleashed from a glass of water could power the ocean liner Mauretania “across the Atlantic and back again.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik