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Definition: Morocco |
MoroccoNoun1. A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1956. 2. A soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Morocco" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Note: Morocco \Mo*roc"co\, noun. [Named from Morocco, the country. Compare to Morris the dance.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Dream Interpretation | To see morocco in your dreams, foretells that you will receive substantial aid from unexpected sources. Your love will be rewarded by faithfulness. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Industry | Vegetable tanned goat skin leather with characteristic grain pattern developed naturally or by hand boarding or graining only. The commonest and most characteristic grain is hard grain. See Hard grain goat. By long usage, especially in the fancy goods trade, denotes goat skin of any vegetable tannage that has been hand boarded in the damp condition, but in the strict sense it should be limited to goat skin tanned exclusively with sumac. Leather made from vegetable tanned goat skin with a grain resembling that of genuine Morocco, but produced otherwise than by hand boarding, for example, by embossing or embossing followed by boarding, should be termed "Morocco grained goat" or "Assisted Morocco" Source: European Union. (references) |
| Goatskin leather with a characteristic pinhead grain pattern, produced by hand boarding, after glazing, in a damp condition in at least four directions. Vegetable tanned. Sometimes called Morocco. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A leather made from goatskin. -- is classed as one of the most durable leathers for bookbinding. It is very firm, yet flexible and is usually finished on the grain side. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Morocco The name of Bank's bay horse. (See Banks and Horse .) Morocco. Strong ale made from burnt malt, used in the annual feast at Sevenhalls, Westmoreland (the seat of the Hon. Mary Howard), on the opening of Milnthorpe Fair. This liquor is put into a large glass of unique form, and the person whose turn it is to drink is called the "colt." He is required to stand on one leg, and say "Luck to Sevens as long as Kent flows," then drain the glass to the bottom, or forfeit one shilling. The act is termed "drinking the constable." The feast consists of radishes, oaten cake, and butter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Neighbouring countries are Mauritania to the southwest and Algeria to the east and southeast (the Algerian border is closed [1]). There are also two Spanish enclaves on the Mediterranean coast: Ceuta and Melilla. Off the Atlantic coast are the Canary Islands and Madeira and across the Mediterranean to the north is Spain.
The capital city is Rabat. Its largest city is Casablanca. Other cities include Agadir, Fes, Marrakech, Meknes, Tanger, Tetouan.

Morocco's Ministry of Communication offers a page with mp3s of traditional Moroccan music here.
Political, Social and Geographical Facts are given on a German Page: Erdkunde-Online
Much of the material in these articles comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the 2002 U.S. Department of State website.
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Morocco is a 1930 film in which a Foreign Legionnaire meets and falls in love with a sultry seductress. It stars Gary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich and Adolphe Menjou.The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the play Amy Jolly by Benno Vigny. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Marlene Dietrich--who, amazingly, knew little English, and spoke her dialogue phonetically), Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Director (Josef von Sternberg).
The movie was notorious in its day for a woman-to-woman kiss. It has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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Morocco is a town located in Newton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,127.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Morocco."
Synonyms: MoroccoSynonyms: Al-Magrib (n), Kingdom of Morocco (n), Maroc (n), Marruecos (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Morocco |
| English words defined with "Morocco": Abila, Abyla ♦ bearded bustard, Berber ♦ capital of Morocco, Casablanca, centime ♦ dirham, Drosophyllum lusitanicum ♦ El Aaium ♦ Fes, Fez ♦ genus Pleurosorus ♦ Jebel Musa ♦ Levant, Levant morocco ♦ Madeira Islands, Maroc, Marrakech, Marrakesh, Moroccan, Moroccan dirham, Moroccan monetary unit ♦ Pleurosorus ♦ Rabat, Riff, Riffian, roan ♦ Tangier, Tangiers ♦ Xeriff. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Morocco": AMBASSADOR OF MOROCCO ♦ HAFID, hard grain goat ♦ le Royaume du Maroc ♦ Miramolin, Morocco Men ♦ OTHELLO ♦ Sallee, Seven Champions of Christendom. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Morocco": Fez. (references) |
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Screenplays | I've made a decision, I'm gonna live in Morocco for one year. (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Paul Bowles in Morocco (1970) Mission in Morocco (1959) Socko in Morocco (1954) Outpost in Morocco (1949) The Man from Morocco (1946) | |
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![]() | These are the Anti-Atlas Mountains, part of the Atlas Mountain range in southern Morocco, Africa. The region contains some of the world's largest and most diverse mineral resources, most of which are still untouched. Credit: NASA. | ![]() | Figure 16. Combination water sampling bottle and sounder designed by John Y. Buchanan after his return from the Challenger expedition in 1877. This instrument worked better than preceding models for water sampling and was used regularly by Prince Albert I of Monaco. The first tests took place on board the PRINCESS ALICE in 1894 off Morocco in 2782 meters water depth. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Figure 70. Buchanan sounding bottle. This instrument was devised after the Challenger Expedition. It was better than preceding instruments for collecting water samples in close proximity to the bottom. It was first tested aboard the PRINCESS ALICE in 1894 in the open Atlantic off Morocco in 2782 meters. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. | ![]() | F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrived in Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, in support of exercise African Eagle. African Eagle is a biannual exercise designed to practice dissimilar air to air training with t. |
![]() | A Crew Chief from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, marshals F-16 fighter planes deployed to Sidi Slimane Air Base, Morocco, in support of African Eagle exercise. African Eagle is a bi-annual exercise designed to practice dissimilar air. | ![]() | Image cropped from the engraving "View of Tetuan, on the Coast of Morocco" by Wells, published by J. Gold, London, England, in the "Naval Chronicle", 1803. For the entire original image, see Photo # NH 65865. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Maneuvering off Casablanca, Morocco, during the North Africa invasion, 8 November 1942. Photographed from USS Mayrant (DD-402). Note that Massachusetts is flying two very large national ensigns. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | The fort and town from the jetty, Tangier, Morocco. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Jeep rolling off a landing boat at Fedala harbor during the landing operations of the U.S. task forces there, Fedala, Morocco. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Group of camels, Morocco. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | This transfer will take place without prejudice to the repayment of debts which German nationals may have contracted towards the State Bank of Morocco. (reference) |
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Health | Recent outbreaks of WN virus encephalitis in humans have occurred in Algeria in 1994, Romania in 1996-1997, the Czech Republic in 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1998, Russia in 1999, the United States in 1999-2001, and Israel in 2000. Epizootics of disease in horses occurred in Morocco in 1996, Italy in 1998, the United States in 1999-2001, and France in 2000. In the U.S. through July 2001, WN virus has been documented in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. (references) | |
Business | All equipment is imported freely into Morocco. (references) | |
Product information in French is vital in Morocco. (references) | ||
A local agent is helpful in processing the imports into Morocco. (references) | ||
Children | Spain | Amnesty International reported that police abused undocumented Moroccan minors, especially in the Spanish North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, and that some undocumented minors are returned to Morocco without sufficient concern for their welfare. (references) |
Morocco | The members adopted the "Marrakech Declaration," pledging to "promote, protect, and consecrate girls in Africa." On October 31, Princess Lalla Hasna presided at the official opening of the SOS Children's Village south of Casablanca, the third one to open in Morocco. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Morocco | While in Morocco, they are regarded as Moroccan citizens. (references) |
Economic History | Morocco | Offering and accepting bribes are illegal in Morocco. (references) |
Morocco | There is a free trade zone in Tangier in northwestern Morocco. (references) | |
Morocco | The Treaty of Fez (1912) made Morocco a protectorate of France. (references) | |
Human Rights | Morocco | The decree also directed the CCDH to submit its own annual report on the human rights situation in Morocco, and created an annual human rights prize. (references) |
Morocco | Many speakers openly and strongly criticized the Government's human rights record, including the December 2000 banning of three publications and arrest of AMDH activists and JCO protesters in December 2000. In April Amnesty International Secretary General Pierre Sane visited Morocco. (references) | |
Morocco | Sane praised "the progress recorded by Morocco in the field of human rights and the methods by which the issue of detainees and exiles was dealt with." However, Sane urged the Government to improve its record regarding cases of political prisoners and the disappeared; he claimed that the Government held 60 political prisoners and that there still were 450 disappearances unaccounted for. (references) | |
Minorities | Spain | A 2000 poll regarding attitudes towards foreigners found that Spaniards identify most closely with other Western Europeans and Latin Americans, and that there is less acceptance of immigrants from Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa. (references) |
Political Economy | Western Sahara | Morocco withdrew from the OAU in protest. (references) |
Western Sahara | The minimum wage and maximum hours of work are the same as in Morocco. (references) | |
Trade | Syria | Free trade agreements are being now negotiated with Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, and Oman. (references) |
Morocco | No special regulations apply to the exterior marking of containers for shipments to Morocco. (references) | |
Morocco | Usually in Morocco a one-year warranty is given to end-users for products or equipment purchased. (references) | |
Travel | Morocco | Companies in Morocco may take the form of stock companies or limited liability companies. (references) |
Morocco | Time: Morocco is on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). The country does not observe Daylight Saving Time. (references) | |
Morocco | U.S. citizens and member countries of the European Union do not need a visa for entry into Morocco. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | However, such "honor crimes," a euphemism that refers to violent assaults with intent to commit murder against a female for her perceived immodest or defiant behavior, remain extremely rare in Morocco. (references) |
Worker Rights | Morocco | This was similar to a scam reported in 1999 between Morocco and the Persian Gulf states. (references) |
Morocco | From January 1 to June 30, the Spanish Government arrested approximately 35,000 persons attempting to enter Europe illegally from Morocco, of whom 15,000 were from other African countries or Asia. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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George Washington | 1789-1797 | A letter from the Emperor of Morocco announces to me his recognition of our treaty made with his father, the late Emperor, and consequently the continuance of peace with that power. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The proper steps have been taken to renew our treaty with Morocco. |
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| "Morocco" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 93.84% of the time. "Morocco" is used about 551 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 93.84% | 517 | 11,748 |
| Noun (singular) | 6.16% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Total | 100.00% | 551 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Morocco" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Morocco | Last name | 400 | 22,048 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Morocco, IN (town, FIPS 51138) |
Expressions using "Morocco": capital of Morocco ♦ kingdom of Morocco ♦ levant morocco ♦ morocco leather ♦ spanish morocco. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "Morocco": Morocco-portugal. | |
Ending with "Morocco": red-morocco. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
morocco | 3,051 | meknes morocco | 26 |
morocco hotel | 612 | ouarzazate morocco | 25 |
casablanca morocco | 521 | capital morocco | 24 |
travel to morocco | 255 | morocco food | 23 |
marrakech morocco | 245 | morocco photo | 23 |
rabat morocco | 235 | morocco tourism | 21 |
tangier morocco | 153 | beni mellal morocco | 21 |
morocco map | 151 | the music of morocco | 21 |
morocco tour | 146 | fez morocco | 21 |
morocco vacation | 137 | el jadida morocco | 20 |
agadir al massira morocco | 130 | morocco gay | 20 |
morocco picture | 80 | larache morocco | 20 |
fes morocco | 74 | morocco information | 19 |
morocco news | 39 | al hoceima morocco | 19 |
essaouira morocco | 39 | morocco safi | 19 |
morocco culture | 28 | mole morocco | 18 |
embassy morocco | 28 | morocco nouasseur | 18 |
morocco history | 28 | errachidia morocco | 18 |
morocco flag | 28 | royal air morocco | 18 |
morocco tetouan | 27 | morocco in | 17 |
morocco sex | 17 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "Morocco"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | Marokko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Marok, Shevro, Lëkurë Keci (kid-skin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مغربية, مغربي, مراكش, المغرب, المراكشي جلد فاخر, بلادالمغرب. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Asturian | Marruecos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Марокен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 摩洛" (Moroccan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Maroko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | maroquin (levant, morocco leather), Marokko (Kingdom of Morocco, The Kingdom of Morocco), MA (Kingdom of Morocco), safian, kongeriget Marokko (Kingdom of Morocco, The Kingdom of Morocco), chagrinskind (hard grain goat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Marokko (Kingdom of Morocco, The Kingdom of Morocco). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | Maroko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | Marokko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sahviaani (hard grain goat), Marokko (Kingdom of Morocco). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Maroc (Kingdom of Morocco, The Kingdom of Morocco), Maroquin (morocco leather). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | Marokko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Marokko (Morocco (ma)). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | MA (Kingdom of Morocco, mobile allocation), όαρόκο, Μαρόκο (Kingdom of Morocco), όαροκινό "έρμα, μαροκινό αιγόδερμα (hard grain goat), 'ασίλειο του Μαρόκου (Kingdom of Morocco). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ־רוקו. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Marokkó (jack-straws). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish | Maracó. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Marocchino (moroccan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | モル分率 (molar fraction, molecular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | モロッコ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 모로" (Moroccan). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Macedonian | Maroko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | Yn Varoc. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | Maroko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oroccomay Marrocos (Kingdom of Morocco), marroquim (hard grain goat, levant, morocco leather). (various references) Marròc. (various references) Marochin (morocco leather, roan, sheep). (various references) Maroc. (various references) Марокко (Morocco 1), Марокканский, Сафьяновый, Сафьян. (various references) Moroko. (various references) maroko, marokanski (moroccan). (various references) Marruecos (Kingdom of Morocco). (various references) marokäng, marocko (Kingdom of Morocco), marockäng (hard grain goat), MA (Kingdom of Morocco), Saffjan (saffian), saffianläder, Konungariket Marocko (Kingdom of Morocco). (various references) Moroko. (various references) Fas (moresque, moroccan). (various references) Марокко. (various references) da dê sần (levant morocco). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Arabic | 500-Modern | Maghrib-al-Aqca. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Morocco": moroccos. (additional references) | |
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"Morocco" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Amorocho, jorrocks, Marzocco, Mokoko, moracca, moracco, Moresco, Morisco, moriscos, Moroccos, moroco, Morococha, morooco, morrcco, Morroc, morroco, Mukoko, Muroc, Murrick, Omokoko. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "Morocco" (pronounced merÄ"kō) |
| 3 | -Ä" k ō | mako, taco. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-c-m-o-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: rococo. | |
-3 letters: coco, corm, croc, moor, room. | |
-4 letters: coo, cor, moc, moo, mor, orc, roc, rom. | |
-5 letters: mo, om, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-c-m-o-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: moorcock, moroccos. | |
+2 letters: moorcocks. | |
+3 letters: cocomposer. | |
+4 letters: cocomposers, microcosmos, monochromic. | |
+5 letters: accommodator, chromophoric, photochromic. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 72 6F 63 63 6F |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01110010 01101111 01100011 01100011 01101111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o r o c c o |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 0072 006F 0063 0063 006F |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47818481696981 |
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