Mauritania
English
Etymology
From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.
Proper noun
Mauritania
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
Derived terms
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Translations
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- Nouakchott
- (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Further reading
- Mauritania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Central Nahuatl
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin Mauritania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑu̯ritɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯riˌt̪ɑ̝niɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
- Syllabification(key): Mau‧ri‧ta‧ni‧a
Declension
Inflection of Mauritania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Mauritania | — | ||
genitive | Mauritanian | — | ||
partitive | Mauritaniaa | — | ||
illative | Mauritaniaan | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Mauritania | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Mauritania | — | |
gen. | Mauritanian | |||
genitive | Mauritanian | — | ||
partitive | Mauritaniaa | — | ||
inessive | Mauritaniassa | — | ||
elative | Mauritaniasta | — | ||
illative | Mauritaniaan | — | ||
adessive | Mauritanialla | — | ||
ablative | Mauritanialta | — | ||
allative | Mauritanialle | — | ||
essive | Mauritaniana | — | ||
translative | Mauritaniaksi | — | ||
abessive | Mauritaniatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Derived terms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Maurītānus (“Mauritanian, [one] of the Moors”) + -ia (country name forming suffix). The first element is from Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), the second from Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a/, [mäu̯riːˈt̪äːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mau̯.riˈta.ni.a/, [mäu̯riˈt̪äːniä]
Proper noun
Maurītānia f sg (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension
- Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
- (New Latin) Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Maurītānia |
Genitive | Maurītāniae |
Dative | Maurītāniae |
Accusative | Maurītāniam |
Ablative | Maurītāniā |
Vocative | Maurītānia |
Synonyms
- Maurūsia
Descendants
- → English: Mauritania
Norwegian Bokmål
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Norwegian Nynorsk
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mauɾiˈtanja/ [mau̯.ɾiˈt̪a.nja]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -anja
- Syllabification: Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia
Related terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
See also
- (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]
Yucatec Maya
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