Mauritania
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Etymology edit
From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.
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Proper noun edit
Mauritania
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
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Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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See also edit
- 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]
Further reading edit
- Mauritania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Central Huasteca Nahuatl edit
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Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Central Nahuatl edit
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Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Mauritania.
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Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
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Inflection of Mauritania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mauritania | — | ||
genitive | Mauritanian | — | ||
partitive | Mauritaniaa | — | ||
illative | Mauritaniaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mauritania | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Mauritania | — | |
gen. | Mauritanian | |||
genitive | Mauritanian | — | ||
partitive | Mauritaniaa | — | ||
inessive | Mauritaniassa | — | ||
elative | Mauritaniasta | — | ||
illative | Mauritaniaan | — | ||
adessive | Mauritanialla | — | ||
ablative | Mauritanialta | — | ||
allative | Mauritanialle | — | ||
essive | Mauritaniana | — | ||
translative | Mauritaniaksi | — | ||
abessive | Mauritaniatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Galician edit
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Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.
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Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
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Etymology edit
From Maurītānus (“Mauritanian, [one] of the Moors”) + -ia (country name forming suffix). The first element is from Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Maurós), the second from Ancient Greek -ία (-ía). More at μαυρός (maurós).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a/, [mäu̯riːˈt̪äːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mau̯.riˈta.ni.a/, [mäu̯riˈt̪äːniä]
Proper noun edit
Maurītānia f sg (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension
- Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
- (New Latin) Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Maurītānia |
Genitive | Maurītāniae |
Dative | Maurītāniae |
Accusative | Maurītāniam |
Ablative | Maurītāniā |
Vocative | Maurītānia |
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- → English: Mauritania
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
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Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.
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Audio (file)
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Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.
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Proper noun edit
Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
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Audio (Kenya) (file)
Proper noun edit
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
See also edit
- (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]
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Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)