Mauritanian
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- adjective
- /ˌmɔːrɪˈteɪniən/
- In addition, there were some alarms raised when Morocco deployed 48 sophisticated tanks recently purchased from the United States on the southern part of the new wall near the Mauritanian frontier.
Examples
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Ms. Aminata Louli sits with a group of women in a dusky house yard in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott.
Blog text (25) -
Some traditional Mauritanian Muslim leaders want to change such beliefs and entirely erase the practice.
Blog text (25) -
Incursions into Mauritanian territory by the Moroccan armed forces
Academic text (1995) -
Mauritanian Breakfast
Blog text (17) -
This group consists of 20 French vessels, 19 Spanish vessels, 4 Soviet vessels, 3 Mauritanian vessels, 1 Panamanian vessel, and 1 Indian vessel.
Academic text (1990) -
No RVFV strains were isolated from mosquitoes, but the investigations were carried out after most breeding sites had dried up and after the start of a vector control campaign by the Mauritanian authorities, which limited the number of specimens collected.
Academic text (2014) -
The Mauritanian military continued to clash with al Qaeda-linked militants in the country's western desert, and in June 2011 crossed the border to attack targets in neighboring Mali.
Blog text (26) -
Furthermore, the International Court of Justice, in an exhaustive study published in October 1975, had dismissed both Moroccan and Mauritanian territorial claims over Western Sahara, emphasizing that the Sahrawi people should enjoy their right of self-determination.
Academic text (1991) -
The Mauritanian culture is rich in traditions that reflect its diverse history.
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Many Mauritanian people are known for their warm hospitality towards visitors.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mauritanian = Mauritania (transparent) = Mauritania + an
A standard adjectival/demonym formation from the country name; the relation to Mauritania is direct and productive.
Etymology
Mauritanian as an adjective comes from the country name Mauretania, originally meaning 'land of the Moors', so something described as Mauritanian belongs to or is connected with Mauritania, its people, or its culture.