an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
Also called Polisario Front.
Origin: < Sp (Frente) Po(pular para la) Li(beración de) Sa(gnia el-Hamra y) Rí(o de) O(ro) Popular Front for the Liberation of Sagnia El-Hamra and Río de Oro