Morocco

See also: morocco

English

Morocco

Etymology 1

Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). 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 Marrakech.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɒkəʊ/
• (US) enPR: məräk'ō, /məˈɹɑkoʊ/, /mɔɹˈɑkoʊ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒkəʊ

Proper noun

Morocco

2. Morocco (a country in North Africa; official name: Kingdom of Morocco; capital: Rabat).

Derived terms

• Blue Pearl of Morocco
• Moroccan
• Morocco agencies
• Morocco red

 

Related terms

• maroquin
• Marrakech

 

Translations

country

• Acehnese: Maghribi
• Afrikaans: Marokko (af)
• Akan: Moroko
• Albanian: Maroku (sq)
• Amharic: ሞሮኮ (moroko)
• Arabic: الْمَغْرِب (ar) f (al-maḡrib)

  Hijazi Arabic: المغرب f (al-maḡrib)

  Moroccan Arabic: المغرب f (el-maḡrib)

• Aragonese: Marruecos m
• Armenian: Մարոկկո (Marokko)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܪܵܟܸܫ (marakish)
• Asturian: Marruecos (ast) m pl
• Azerbaijani: Mərakeş (az)
• Bashkir: Марокко (Marokko)
• Basque: Maroko (eu)
• Belarusian: Маро́ка n (Maróka)
• Bengali: মরোক্কো (bn) (morōkkō)
• Breton: Maroko (br)
• Bulgarian: Маро́ко n (Maróko)
• Burmese: မော်ရိုကို (mauruikui)
• Catalan: Marroc (ca) m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ (lmaɣrib), ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ (amṛṛuk)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 摩洛哥 (mo¹ lok³ go¹)

  Mandarin: 摩洛哥 (zh) (Móluògē)

• Corsican: Maroccu m
• Crimean Tatar: Mağrip
• Czech: Maroko (cs) m
• Danish: Marokko (da) n
• Dhivehi: މައުރިބު (mauribu)
• Dutch: Marokko (nl) n
• Esperanto: Maroko (eo)
• Estonian: Maroko (et)
• Farefare: Maroko
• Faroese: Marokko n
• Finnish: Marokko (fi)
• French: Maroc (fr) m
• Galician: Marrocos (gl) m pl
• Georgian: მაროკო (ka) (maroḳo)
• German: Marokko (de) n
• Ghomara: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: Μαρόκο (el) n (Maróko)
• Guaraní: Marruéko
• Hausa: Màr̃ōkò f
• Hebrew: מָרוֹקוֹ f (maroko)
• Hindi: मोरक्को (hi) m (morakko), मराकेश m (marākeś)
• Hungarian: Marokkó (hu)
• Icelandic: Marokkó (is) n
• Indonesian: Moroko, Maroko (id)
• Interlingua: Marroco
• Irish: Maracó
• Italian: Marocco (it) m
• Japanese: モロッコ (ja) (Morokko)
• Kalenjin: Moroko
• Kamba: Moroko
• Kannada: ಮೊರಾಕೊ (kn) (morāko)
• Kazakh: Мағрибия (Mağribiä)
• Khmer: ម៉ារ៉ុក (km) (maarok)
• Kikuyu: Moroko
• Kis: Moroko
• Korean: 모로코 (ko) (Moroko), 마로끄 (ko) (Marokkeu) (North Korea)
• Kumyk: Магърип (Mağrip)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەغریب (ckb) (meẍrîb)

  Northern Kurdish: Maroko (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Марокко (Marokko)
• Ladino: Maroko
• Lao: ມາລົກ (mā lok)
• Latin: Marocum n
• Latvian: Maroka (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Marokas (lt) m
• Luhya: Moroko
• Luo: Moroko
• Luxembourgish: Marokko n
• Macedonian: Маро́ко n (Maróko)
• Malay: Maghribi (ms)
• Malayalam: മൊറോക്കൊ (moṟōkko)
• Maltese: il-Marokk
• Manx: Yn Varoc f
• Maori: Marako, Moroko
• Meru: Moroko
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Марокко (Marokko)

• Moroccan Amazigh: ⵍⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱ (lmɣrib)
• Navajo: Eʼeʼaahjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah
• Norman: Maroc m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Marokko (no) n

• Occitan: Marròc (oc) m
• Odia: ମୋରୋକୋ (moroko)
• Pashto: مراکش m (marākeš)
• Persian:

  Dari: مَرَاکِش (fa) (marākiš), مَغْرِب (fa) (mağrib)

  Iranian Persian: مَراکِش (fa) (marâkeš), مَغْرِب (fa) (mağreb)

• Polish: Maroko (pl) n
• Portuguese: Marrocos (pt) m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਮਰਾਕਿਸ਼ (marākiś), ਮੋਰਾਕੋ (morāko)

  Shahmukhi: مراکش (marākeś)

• Rarotongan: Maroko
• Romanian: Maroc (ro) n
• Romansch: Maroc m
• Russian: Маро́кко (ru) n (Marókko)
• Sardinian: Marocu m, Maroccu m
• Scots: Morocco
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Маро̀ко m

  Roman: Maròko (sh) m

• Sicilian: Maroccu m
• Sinhalese: මොරොක්කෝව (morokkōwa)
• Slovak: Maroko (sk) n
• Slovene: Maroko (sl) m
• Spanish: Marruecos (es) m
• Swahili: Moroko (sw)
• Swedish: Marocko (sv) n
• Tagalog: Maruwekos
• Tajik: Марокаш (Marokaš)
• Tamil: மொரோக்கோ (morōkkō)
• Tarifit: please add this translation if you can
• Tashelhit: please add this translation if you can
• Tatar: Марокко (Maroqko)
• Telugu: మొరాకో (te) (morākō)
• Thai: โมร็อกโก (th) (moo-rɔ́k-goo)
• Tigrinya: ሞሮኮ (moroko)
• Turkish: Fas (tr)
• Turkmen: Marokko
• Ukrainian: Маро́кко (uk) n (Marókko)
• Urdu: مَراکِش m (marākiś)
• Uyghur: ماراكەش (marakesh)
• Uzbek: Marokash (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ma-rốc
• Welsh: Moroco f
• West Flemish: Marokko n
• West Frisian: Marokko (fy) n
• Yiddish: מאַראָקאָ (maroko)
• Yoruba: Mòrókò

Etymology 2

Probably a surname of Italian origin.

Proper noun

Morocco (plural Moroccos)

1. A surname from Italian.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Morocco is the 37591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Morocco is most common among White (92.23%) individuals.

See also

• Maghreb, Maghrib
• North Africa
• Appendix:Countries of the world
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Morocco”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 621.