Spanish Morocco

Spanish Morocco

noun
See under Morocco (def. 1).
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Mo·roc·co

[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(lowercase) a fine, pebble-grained leather, originally made in Morocco from goatskin tanned with sumac.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).

Mo·roc·can [muh-rok-uhn] , adjective, noun
pro-Mo·roc·can, adjective, noun
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n
a former Spanish colony on the N coast of Morocco: part of the kingdom of Morocco since 1956

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