Nouakchott

English

Etymology

From French Nouakchott, from Arabic نُوَاكْشُوط (nuwākšūṭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nwɑːkˈʃɒt/, /nuːɑːkˈʃɒt/

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Proper noun

Nouakchott

1. The capital city of Mauritania.
   • 2015 August 14, Nils Zimmermann, “Mauritanian flees slavery in Africa for life in Germany”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 August 2015, Refugees‎^[2]:

     De facto slavery remains widespread in Mauritania, according to a European human rights official who works for a major international organization in the capital, Nouakchott.

Translations

capital of Mauritania

• Afrikaans: Nouakchott
• Arabic: نُوَاكْشُوط f (nuwākšuṭ), نَوَاكْشُوط f (nawākšuṭ)
• Armenian: Նուակշոտ (Nuakšot)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 努瓦克肖特 (zh) (Nǔwǎkèxiàotè)

• Czech: Nuakšott m
• Danish: Nouakchott n
• Farefare: Nuaksoto
• Finnish: Nouakchott
• French: Nouakchott (fr) f
• German: Nouakchott (de) n
• Irish: Nuacsat m
• Italian: Nouakchott
• Japanese: ヌアクショット (ja) (Nuakushotto)
• Khmer: ណួកសុត (km) (nuəksot)
• Korean: 누악쇼트 (Nuaksyoteu)
• Macedonian: Нуакшо́т m (Nuakšót)
• Navajo: Nooʼakchot
• Persian: نواکشوت (fa) (novâkšut)
• Polish: Nawakszut (pl) m
• Portuguese: Nouakchott (pt) f
• Russian: Нуакшо́т (ru) m (Nuakšót)
• Spanish: Nuakchot (es)
• Vietnamese: Nu-ác-sốt

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Nouakchott

1. Nouakchott (the capital city of Mauritania)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Nouakchott f

1. Nouakchott (the capital city of Mauritania)