Tetuán

American

[te-twahn] / tɛˈtwɑn /

noun

a seaport in N Morocco, on the Mediterranean: former capital of the Spanish zone of Morocco.

Tetuán British

/ tɛˈtwɑːn /

noun

a city in N Morocco: capital of Spanish Morocco (1912–56). Pop: 499 000 (2003)

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He grew up in a poor quarter of the northern Moroccan city of Tetuán.

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