Mauritania

From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔːɹɪˈteɪni.ə/

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Mauritania

1. A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.

• Mauritanian

• Mauretania
• Moor

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Nouakchott
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

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Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in Africa)

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in Africa)

From Latin Mauritania.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑu̯ritɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑu̯riˌt̪ɑniɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Mau‧ri‧ta‧ni‧a

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

• mauritanialainen

Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.

Mauritania f

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

• mauritano

• umanitaria

• Maurētānia

From Maurītānus (“Mauritanian, [one] of the Moors”), from Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Maurós).

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a/, [mäu̯riːˈt̪äːniä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mau̯.riˈta.ni.a/, [mäu̯riˈt̪äːniä]

Maurītānia f sg (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension

1. Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
2. (New Latin) Mauritania (a modern country in West Africa)

First-declension noun, singular only.

• Maurūsia

• → English: Mauritania

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

• mauritanier
• mauritansk

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

• mauritaniar
• mauritansk

From Latin Mauritania.

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Mauritania f

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

From Latin Mauritania.

• IPA^(key): /mauɾiˈtanja/ [mau̯.ɾiˈt̪a.nja]

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• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia

Mauritania f

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

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Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in Africa)