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Moroccan

Moroccan

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A person from Morocco
  • noun
  • /məˈrɑːkən/
translation icon : marroquí
  • Many Moroccans take pride in their rich history and diverse cultural heritage.
  • 170,000 Moroccans
  • Moroccans and Turks
  • percent of Moroccans

I was raised in in a neighborhood only with Moroccans, right?

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Examples

  • But Moroccans essentially are very tolerant people.

  • What is more, in a variety of complex ways, the Moroccans in Israel became mobilized as a distinctive, active ethnic group.

    Academic text (2006)
  • For you see, not only am I a Moroccan, I am also a Jew.

    Blog text (5)
  • If an Ashkenazi comes and says exactly the same thing, the Moroccan will say, "Thanks."

    Academic text (1990)
  • If an Ashkenazi man comes and says exactly the same as the Moroccan, he is a good man.

    Academic text (1990)
  • For example, if I, a Moroccan, come and say to someone, "Listen, I think your son has fleas,"

    Academic text (1990)
  • So the area of Brussels that these networks are centered in is mostly Moroccan immigrants.

  • On the menu, bastilla, a meat or often pigeon pie, as traditional Moroccan as it gets.

  • He was granted Moroccan citizenship, but Paul wasn't.

  • Bushra is Khalili is a Moroccan French visual artist working with film, video, installation, photography and prints.

Compounds

The official money of Morocco divided into 100 cents

Surface Forms

Moroccan singular
Moroccans plural

Morphology

Moroccan = Morocco (transparent) = Morocco + an

A standard demonymic formation from the country name 'Morocco' using the productive suffix '-an', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Moroccan comes from the country name Morocco, which in English comes from the famous city Marrakesh, and the Arabic name al-Maghrib means 'the west'. So a Moroccan is a person from that country.