mauritanian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Several thousand people protested in Paris Sunday over the death in custody of a Mauritanian immigrant worker, yelling slogans against "a police force that kills us", an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
A circular migration agreement with the former had been in place since 2021, but similar accords with the Mauritanian and Gambian governments have since followed.
From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025
It’s safe to say that the Mauritanian French director Med Hondo’s “West Indies: The Fugitive Slaves of Liberty” is a unique film.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
The Mauritanian government, in collaboration with the World Bank, the U.N.
From Salon • Nov. 6, 2023
On my return, I passed a Mooress, or rather a Mauritanian Venus, who was so stout that she had fallen down, and could not get up.
From Travels in Morocco, Volume 2. by Richardson, James
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