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Name Mauritania
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)
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

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.
Added 2/28/2017 by HL