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mauritania

UK/ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/US/ˌmoɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
nounC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,780 of 15,258mostly written

Mauritania is the Saharan country between Morocco and Senegal, capital Nouakchott. Travel to Mauritania, born in Mauritania, the coast of Mauritania.

Most of it is desert, and the iron ore train that crosses it is among the longest and heaviest in the world, running for hundreds of miles with nothing either side. It was the last country in the world to abolish slavery, in 1981.

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Definitions of mauritania

  1. 1nounmauritaniaSaharan country between Morocco and Senegal, capital Nouakchott.C1

    “Much of Mauritania is covered by the sand dunes of the Sahara.”

mauritania is a country.

Where it comes from

  1. Latin

    Maurītānia

  2. English

    Mauritania

  3. English, today

    mauritania

Built from

  • Maurus · Latin — Moor

Mauritania comes from Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). a doublet of Mauretania.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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