Marraquexe

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Marrakesh, Marrakech
• Marraquech (uncommon)
• Marraquesh (uncommon)
• Marrakeche (rare)
• Marraqueche (proscribed)

Etymology

From French Marrakech, from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). Doublet of Marrocos.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ʁaˈkɛ.ʃi/ [ma.haˈkɛ.ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ʁaˈkɛ.ʃi/ [ma.haˈkɛ.ʃi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ma.ʁaˈkɛ.ʃi/ [ma.χaˈkɛ.ʃi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.ʁaˈkɛ.ʃe/ [ma.haˈkɛ.ʃe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ʁɐˈkɛ.ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: Mar‧ra‧que‧xe

Proper noun

Marraquexe

1. Marrakech (the capital city of the Marrakesh-Safi region, Morocco)