Morocco

See also: morocco

English

Morocco
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Etymology 1

Earlier spelling Marocco, from PortugueseCategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#MOROCCO Marrocos and/or SpanishCategory:English terms derived from Spanish#MOROCCO Marruecos, from ArabicCategory:English terms derived from Arabic#MOROCCO مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), further etymology uncertainCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#MOROCCO. 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 MarrakechCategory:English doublets#MOROCCO.

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Proper noun

MoroccoCategory:English lemmas#MOROCCOCategory:English proper nouns#MOROCCOCategory:English uncountable nouns#MOROCCOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MOROCCOCategory:Pages with entries#MOROCCOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MOROCCO

  1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: RabatCategory:en:Morocco#MOROCCOCategory:en:Countries in Africa#MOROCCO.
    • 2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 February 2021:
      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.
      Category:English terms with quotations#MOROCCO
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Etymology 2

Probably a surname of ItalianCategory:English terms derived from Italian#MOROCCO origin.

Proper noun

Morocco (plural Moroccos)Category:English lemmas#MOROCCOCategory:English proper nouns#MOROCCOCategory:English countable nouns#MOROCCOCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MOROCCOCategory:Pages with entries#MOROCCOCategory:Pages with 1 entry#MOROCCO

  1. A surname from ItalianCategory:English surnames#MOROCCOCategory:English surnames from Italian#MOROCCO.
Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Morocco is the 37591st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Morocco is most common among White (92.23%) individuals.

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