Essaouira

English

Etymology

From Arabic الصَّوِيرَة (aṣ-ṣawīra), literally "the little rampart".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ə.ˈwɪ.ɹə/

Proper noun

Essaouira

1. A city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast.

Synonyms

• Mogador, Mugadur (former names)

Translations

city in Marrakech-Safi, Morocco

• Arabic: الصَّوِيرَة f (aṣ-ṣawīra)

  Moroccan Arabic: الصويرة f (eṣ-ṣwīra)

• Breton: Essaouira
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵓⴳⴰⴷⵓⵔ (mugadur)
• French: Essaouira (fr) f, Mogador (fr) (obsolete)
• Japanese: エッサウィラ (Essawira)
• Kabyle: Mugadur, Amegdul
• Korean: 에사우이라 (Esau'ira), 에사위라 (Esawira)
• Lithuanian: Savira
• Occitan: Essaoira f
• Portuguese: Essaouira f, Mogador m
• Spanish: Esauira (es) f
• Walloon: Essawira f, Swira f