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NOUAKCHOTT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nouakchott mean? 

NOUAKCHOTT (noun)
  The noun NOUAKCHOTT has 1 sense:

1. capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coastplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


NOUAKCHOTT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

national capital (the capital city of a nation)

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

Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mauritania; Mauritanie; Muritaniya (a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert)


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