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[muh-rok-oh] 
–noun
| 1. | French, Maroc. Spanish, Marruecos. a kingdom in NW Africa: formed from a sultanate that was divided into two protectorates (French Morocco and Spanish Morocco) and an international zone. 30,391,423; 172,104 sq. mi. (445,749 sq. km). Capital: Rabat. Compare Tangier Zone. |
| 2. | former name of Marrakesh. |
| 3. | (lowercase ) a fine, pebble-grained leather, originally made in Morocco from goatskin tanned with sumac. |
| 4. | (lowercase) any leather made in imitation of this. |
Also called morocco leather (for defs. 3, 4).
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Mo⋅roc⋅can [muh-rok-uhn] , adjective, noun
[muh-rok-uhn] , adjective, noun Mar⋅ra⋅kesh
[mar-uh-kesh, mar-uh-kesh, muh-rah-kesh] –noun
| a city in W Morocco. 1,681,700. |
Also, Mar⋅ra⋅kech.
Formerly, Morocco.
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| mo·roc·co (mə-rŏk'ō) n. pl. mo·roc·cos A soft fine leather of goatskin tanned with sumac, used for book bindings and shoes. [After Morocco.] |
Mo·roc·co (mə-rŏk'ō)  (click for larger image in new window) A country of northwest Africa on the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Inhabited from ancient times by Berbers, the region became a Roman province in the 1st century A.D. and was conquered by Arabs in the 7th century. The country was later united (11th-13th century) under Berber-Muslim dynasties. The French established a protectorate over most of the region in 1912, and in 1956 Morocco achieved independence as a kingdom. Rabat is the capital and Casablanca the largest city. Population: 33,800,000. Mo·roc'can adj. & n. |
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Morocco
Mo*roc"co\, n. [Named from Morocco, the country. Cf. Morris the dance.] A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.
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Morocco
Kingdom in northwestern Africa with coasts on the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea; it is bordered by Algeria to the east and the western Sahara to the south. Its largest city is Casablanca, and its capital is Rabat.
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morocco
"kind of fine flexible leather," 1634, short for Morocco leather, from Morocco, the country in northwest Africa, where the tanned leather was first made. The country name is from It., from Berber Marrakesh (properly the name of the city of Marrakesh), from Ar. Maghrib-al-Aqca "Extreme West."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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