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Spanish Morocco

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noun

  1. a former Spanish colony on the N coast of Morocco: part of the kingdom of Morocco since 1956

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During that time, he helped Hungarian Jews obtain visas to Spanish Morocco.

From Seattle Times

This ancient city claimed by Spain since the late 17th century is still surrounded by its medieval ramparts is the remnant of what was once Spanish Morocco.

From Washington Times

Mobilising troops from Spanish Morocco – the so-called Army of Africa – the Nationalist forces quickly took control of Seville and other areas in the south.

From The Guardian

Spanish Morocco — a protectorate since 1912 , not to be confused with the plazas — was allowed to join French Morocco in independence a few months later.

From New York Times

Which made him fourteen when the fighting began, fourteen when the German pilot officers clicked their heels and mouthed the new phrase "Arriba Espa�a" and flew the Moors from Spanish Morocco to the mainland and touched off the shooting stages of World War II.

From Project Gutenberg