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  Morocco

  noun

  a kingdom in northwestern Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates French Morocco and Spanish Morocco and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Rabat.
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Morocco

American  

[muh-rok-oh] / məˈrɒk oʊ /

noun

1. French Maroc. Spanish Marruecos. a kingdom in northwestern Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates French Morocco and Spanish Morocco and an international zone. 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Rabat.

2. former name of Marrakesh.

3. (lowercase) a fine, pebble-grained leather, originally made in Morocco from goatskin tanned with sumac.

4. (lowercase) any leather made in imitation of a fine, pebble-grained leather originally made in Morocco.

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morocco ¹ British  

/ məˈrɒkəʊ /

noun

1. 1. a fine soft leather made from goatskins, used for bookbinding, shoes, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      morocco leather

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Morocco ² British  

/ məˈrɒkəʊ /

noun

1. French name: Maroc. a kingdom in NW Africa, on the Mediterranean and the Atlantic: conquered by the Arabs in about 683, who introduced Islam; at its height under Berber dynasties (11th–13th centuries); became a French protectorate in 1912 and gained independence in 1956. It is mostly mountainous, with the Atlas Mountains in the centre and the Rif range along the Mediterranean coast, with the Sahara in the south and southeast; an important exporter of phosphates. Official language: Arabic; Berber and French are also widely spoken. Official religion: (Sunni) Muslim. Currency: dirham. Capital: Rabat. Pop: 32 649 130 (2013 est). Area: 458 730 sq km (177 117 sq miles)

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Morocco Cultural  

1. Kingdom in northwestern Africa with coasts on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; it is bordered by Algeria to the east and the western Sahara to the south. Its largest city is Casablanca, and its capital is Rabat.

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Other Word Forms

• Moroccan
  adjective
• anti-Moroccan
  adjective
• pro-Moroccan
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of morocco

C17: after _Morocco , where it was originally made

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Example Sentences

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The August earthquake in Colombia, Atlantic windstorms that affected the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, and Winter Storm Fern in the U.S. and Canada at the start of the year represented the biggest losses, it said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Morocco and Algeria fought a brief border war in 1963 over disagreements about territory inherited from French colonial rule.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

As Spain prepared to withdraw, both Morocco and Mauritania claimed the territory.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But following a long diplomatic campaign by Morocco, the UN Security Council voted in 2025 in favour of a resolution backing the autonomy plan as the "most feasible" solution for the disputed territory.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

At the end of three days, he sent us to Oujda, a dusty little town right across the border from Algeria and the headquarters of the Algerian army in Morocco.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

It then moved through the hands of bookseller James Edwards to Sir Mark Masterman-Sykes, the famed nineteenth-century book collector, who had it re-bound in red morocco gilt.

From The Guardian ● May 11, 2016

Mr. Fellowes’s show could easily be dismissed as a Harlequin romance novel in morocco leather binding, but it casts a spell on viewers not unlike the allure of a Harry Potter novel.

From New York Times ● Jan. 2, 2014

Until the moment of delivery it is kept locked in an ancient red morocco budget box.

From Time Magazine Archive

Above this hubristic album, the stuff of history begins-floodlit document boxes, bound in red morocco with a gold presidential seal emblazoned on each one, stretching tier on tier to the roof.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the harness room he lifted down a little saddle of red morocco leather.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck

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