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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Jan. 3, 2012

In Spanish Morocco, at General Dwight Eisenhower's rear, Franco has increased his garrisons from about 135,000 to 180,000 men.

From Time Magazine Archive

Within a day the rebels controlled all Spanish Morocco, a 200-mile strip of coast across from Gibraltar.

From Time Magazine Archive

As long as Fascist Premier Franco ran Spain, sullen, uncertain Spanish Morocco would pin down a certain number of watchful Allied troops.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Oran I boarded a small French steamer for Mellilla, in Spanish Morocco, a Spanish convict station and a considerable military post.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

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