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MOROCCO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956
Synonyms:
Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)
Meronyms (parts of "Morocco"):
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 "Morocco"):
Moroccan (a native or inhabitant of Morocco)
Holonyms ("Morocco" 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 ("Morocco" 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)
Derivation:
Moroccan (of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("morocco" is a kind of...):
leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "morocco"):
Levant; Levant morocco (a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding)
