indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Country
Usage Albanian, English, Finnish, Indonesian, Italian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish, Filipino, Tagalog
Pronounced Pron. /ˌmɔː.ɹɪ.ˈteɪ.ni.ə/(English) /ˌmɒ.ɹɪ.ˈteɪ.ni.ə/(English) /mau.ɾi.ˈtan.ja/(Spanish) [key·simplify]
Meaning & History
From Latin Maurītānia, itself from Maurus meaning "Moor", a historical name for the Muslims that inhabited Northern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. This is the name of a country in West Africa.