Morocco

See also: morocco

English

Morocco

Etymology 1

Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world. Compare older Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš) (now اَلْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)), Persian مراکش (marâkeš), Medieval Latin Marrochium. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital. Doublet of Marrakech.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɒkəʊ/
• (US) enPR: məräk'ō, /məˈɹɑkoʊ/, /mɔɹˈɑkoʊ/

• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɒkəʊ

Proper noun

Morocco

2. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.
   • 2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical‎^[1], archived from the original on 2021-02-27:

     Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.

Derived terms

• Blue Pearl of Morocco
• Moroccan
• Morocco agencies
• Morocco red

Related terms

• maroquin
• Marrakech

Descendants

• → Japanese: モロッコ (Morokko)

Translations

country

• Acehnese: Maghribi
• Afrikaans: Marokko (af)
• Akan: Moroko
• Albanian: Maroku (sq)
• Amharic: ሞሮኮ (moroko)
• Arabic: الْمَغْرِب (ar) f (al-maḡrib)

  Hijazi Arabic: المغرب f (al-maḡrib)

  Moroccan Arabic: المغرب f (el-maḡrib)

• Aragonese: Marruecos m
• Armenian: Մարոկկո (Marokko)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܪܵܟܸܫ (marakish)
• Asturian: Marruecos (ast) m pl
• Azerbaijani: Mərakeş (az)
• Bashkir: Марокко (Marokko)
• Basque: Maroko (eu)
• Belarusian: Маро́ка n (Maróka)
• Bengali: মরোক্কো (bn) (morōkkō)
• Breton: Maroko (br)
• Bulgarian: Маро́ко n (Maróko)
• Burmese: မော်ရိုကို (mauruikui)
• Catalan: Marroc (ca) m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ (lmaɣrib), ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ (amṛṛuk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 摩洛哥 (mo¹ lok³ go¹)

  Mandarin: 摩洛哥 (zh) (Móluògē)

• Corsican: Maroccu m
• Crimean Tatar: Mağrip
• Czech: Maroko (cs) m
• Danish: Marokko (da) n
• Dhivehi: މައުރިބު (mauribu)
• Dutch: Marokko (nl) n
• Esperanto: Maroko (eo)
• Estonian: Maroko (et)
• Farefare: Maroko
• Faroese: Marokko n
• Finnish: Marokko (fi)
• French: Maroc (fr) m
• Galician: Marrocos (gl) m pl
• Georgian: მაროკო (ka) (maroḳo)
• German: Marokko (de) n
• Ghomara: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: Μαρόκο (el) n (Maróko)
• Guaraní: Marruéko
• Hausa: Màr̃ōkò f
• Hebrew: מָרוֹקוֹ f (maroko)
• Hindi: मोरक्को (hi) m (morakko), मराकेश m (marākeś)
• Hungarian: Marokkó (hu)
• Icelandic: Marokkó (is) n
• Indonesian: Moroko, Maroko (id)
• Interlingua: Marroco
• Irish: Maracó
• Italian: Marocco (it) m
• Japanese: モロッコ (ja) (Morokko)
• Kalenjin: Moroko
• Kamba: Moroko
• Kannada: ಮೊರಾಕೊ (kn) (morāko)
• Kazakh: Мағрибия (Mağribiä)
• Khmer: ម៉ារ៉ុក (km) (maarok)
• Kikuyu: Moroko
• Kis: Moroko
• Korean: 모로코 (ko) (Moroko), 마로끄 (ko) (Marokkeu) (North Korea)
• Kumyk: Магърип (Mağrip)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەغریب (ckb) (meẍrîb)

  Northern Kurdish: Maroko (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Марокко (Marokko)
• Ladino: Maroko
• Lao: ມາລົກ (mā lok)
• Latin: Marocum n
• Latvian: Maroka (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Marokas (lt) m
• Luhya: Moroko
• Luo: Moroko
• Luxembourgish: Marokko n
• Macedonian: Маро́ко n (Maróko)
• Malay: Maghribi (ms)
• Malayalam: മൊറോക്കൊ (moṟōkko)
• Maltese: il-Marokk
• Manx: Yn Varoc f
• Maori: Marako, Moroko
• Meru: Moroko
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Марокко (Marokko)

• Moroccan Amazigh: ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ (lmɣrib)
• Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah
• Norman: Maroc m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Marokko (no) n

• Occitan: Marròc (oc) m
• Odia: ମୋରୋକୋ (moroko)
• Pashto: مراکش m (marākeš)
• Persian:

  Dari: مَرَاکِش (marākiš), مَغْرِب (mağrib)

  Iranian Persian: مَراکِش (marâkeš), مَغْرِب (mağreb)

• Polish: Maroko (pl) n
• Portuguese: Marrocos (pt) m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਮਰਾਕਿਸ਼ (marākiś), ਮੋਰਾਕੋ (morāko)

  Shahmukhi: مراکش (marākeś)

• Rarotongan: Maroko
• Romanian: Maroc (ro) n
• Romansch: Maroc m
• Russian: Маро́кко (ru) n (Marókko)
• Sardinian: Marocu m, Maroccu m
• Scots: Morocco
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Маро̀ко m

  Roman: Maròko (sh) m

• Sicilian: Maroccu m
• Sinhalese: මොරොක්කෝව (morokkōwa)
• Slovak: Maroko (sk) n
• Slovene: Maroko (sl) m
• Spanish: Marruecos (es) m
• Swahili: Moroko (sw)
• Swedish: Marocko (sv) n
• Tagalog: Maruwekos
• Tajik: Марокаш (Marokaš)
• Tamil: மொரோக்கோ (morōkkō)
• Tarifit: please add this translation if you can
• Tashelhit: please add this translation if you can
• Tatar: Марокко (Maroqko)
• Telugu: మొరాకో (te) (morākō)
• Thai: โมร็อกโก (th) (moo-rɔ́k-goo)
• Tigrinya: ሞሮኮ (moroko)
• Turkish: Fas (tr)
• Turkmen: Marokko
• Ukrainian: Маро́кко (uk) n (Marókko)
• Urdu: مَراکِش m (marākiś)
• Uyghur: ماراكەش (marakesh)
• Uzbek: Marokash (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ma-rốc
• Welsh: Moroco f
• West Flemish: Marokko n
• West Frisian: Marokko (fy) n
• Yiddish: מאַראָקאָ (maroko)
• Yoruba: Mòrókò

Etymology 2

Probably a surname of Italian origin.

Proper noun

Morocco (plural Moroccos)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Morocco is the 37591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Morocco is most common among White (92.23%) individuals.

See also

• Maghreb, Maghrib
• North Africa
• Appendix:Countries of the world

countries in Africa (appendix)edit

• Algeria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cabo Verde
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Comoros
• Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Djibouti
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
• 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

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Morocco”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 621.