Maghreb

English
The Maghreb

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Etymology

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”), noun of place from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set, to go down”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɡɹɛb/, /ˈmʌɡɹəb/

Proper noun

Maghreb

  1. A region of North Africa. Northwest Africa, the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile. The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.

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As the name of a region, construed with "the": the Maghreb

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.ɡʁɛb/
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Proper noun

Maghreb m

  1. Maghreb (a region in Northern Africa)

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