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(lowercase) a fine, pebble-grained leather, originally made in Morocco from goatskin tanned with sumac.
(lowercase) any leather made in imitation of a fine, pebble-grained leather originally made in Morocco.
C17: after Morocco , where it was originally made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
Spain had just been knocked out of the World Cup by Morocco in the last 16 in Qatar and the federation needed a replacement after Luis Enrique left his role.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 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
Tunisia reminded me so much of Morocco, such that walking around all day with Akhi, I never once felt like I was different.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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
The item, bound in two gilt-tooled morocco volumes, was bought at auction by a Philadelphia lawyer for $120,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the huge Palace of Westminster, called the Houses of Parliament, the lords and mighty prelates of the Realm were sitting on benches of soft red morocco.
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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