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MARRUECOS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marruecos mean? 

MARRUECOS (noun)
  The noun MARRUECOS has 1 sense:

1. a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956play

  Familiarity information: MARRUECOS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARRUECOS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Marruecos"):

Casablanca (a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco)

El Aaium (a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast)

Fes; Fez (a city in north central Morocco; religious center)

Marrakech; Marrakesh (a city in western Morocco; tourist center)

Oujda (a city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border)

capital of Morocco; Rabat (the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast)

Tangier; Tangiers (a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar)

Spanish Sahara; Western Sahara (an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992)

Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia)

Abila; Abyla; Jebel Musa (a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules)

Meronyms (members of "Marruecos"):

Moroccan (a native or inhabitant of Morocco)

Holonyms ("Marruecos" is a part of...):

Maghreb; Mahgrib (the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia)

Holonyms ("Marruecos" is a member of...):

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)


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