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.
former name of Marrakesh.
(lowercase) a fine, pebble-grained leather, originally made in Morocco from goatskin tanned with sumac.
(lowercase) any leather made in imitation of a fine, pebble-grained leather originally made in Morocco.
C17: after Morocco , where it was originally made
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And phosphate prices, while 20% higher than in February, are also expected to drop in response to a temporary suspension of tariffs on imports from Morocco.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
In India, sales rose by 61.2 percent in the first half, in Turkey by 15.4 percent, in Morocco by 13.7 percent and in Brazil by 5.3 percent.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
On a vast beach in Morocco last year, waves were pummeling one of humanity’s oldest plot devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Striker Wilson Isidor's journey ended at the group stage with Haiti but he will always have that stunning goal against Morocco to look back on.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
They probably thought movie stars always hung out in the Lavender Room when they came to New York, instead of the Stork Club or El Morocco and all.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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
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
Even in the best of times a cardinal's wardrobe costs about $4,000, from his moire silk skullcap to his red silk socks and red morocco, silver-buckled shoes.
From Time Magazine Archive
He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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