Mauritania
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- proper noun
- /mɔːrəˈtiːnə/
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Mauritania
- The African nation of Mauritania is located in northwestern Africa and is primarily covered by the Sahara Desert.
- Mauritania and Morocco
- Mauritania, Somalia
- Mauritania and Senegal
And so essentially you'll go through New Oxshott in Mauritania.
- And so essentially you'll go through New Oxshott in Mauritania.
- My family and my friends in Mauritania, they just want the same thing that you want you and your family want.
Examples
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nkiflemar: I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Eastern Mauritania from 87 to 89.
Blog text (25) -
Well, it turns out that Mauritania's most common exports today include iron, copper, and gold.
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My family and my friends in Mauritania, they just want the same thing that you want you and your family want.
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He spent years in Mauritania, so he can eventually support the idea that it is an Islamic country.
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In 2004, the US deployed some troops in Mauritania and along the Chad-Niger border to hunt down terrorists.
Academic text (2010) -
In drought-plagued regions, such as Zimbabwe, Mauritania, and the western United States, the water crisis has already begun.
Academic text (2003) -
Today the Tuareg rebellion continues in Mauritania, Algeria, and Niger.
Fiction book (2002) -
The effect is most marked over the southwestern margins of the Sahara, in Mauritania and northern Mali and Niger.
Academic text (1993) -
Currently, there are 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in Algeria and at least 50,000 ethnic Sahrawis in Mauritania and Morocco.
Academic text (1991) -
Arab women living throughout Mauritania and northern Senegal also cover themselves with indigo head coverings (Du Puigaudeau 1970:13).
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
A country in northwestern Africa mostly covered by the Sahara and governed under Islamic law
French name for Mauritania, a country in northwestern Africa near the Atlantic Ocean
Compounds
A country in northwestern Africa mostly covered by the Sahara and governed under Islamic law
Surface Forms
Etymology
Mauritania comes from the old name Mauretania, which means 'land of the Mauri' and names the North African people we call the Moors. The root Maurus meant 'dark' in Latin, so the country's name keeps the memory of the people who lived there long ago.