Maghreb
English
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editEtymology
editFrom Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”), noun of place from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set, to go down”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMaghreb
- The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.
Usage notes
editAs the name of a region, construed with "the": the Maghreb
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editTranslations
editregion in Africa
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editFrench
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editMaghreb m
- Maghreb (the predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya)
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- en:Geographic and cultural areas of Africa
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- fr:Geographic and cultural areas of Africa