Magreb

From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets”, “the West”), noun of place from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set”, “to go down”).

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡrɛb/
• Rhymes: -ɛb
• Hyphenation: Ma‧grèb

il Magreb m

1. Maghreb (the predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya)

• magrebino
• magrebizzazione

Borrowed from Italian Magreb, itself from مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets”, “the West”), noun of place from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set”, “to go down”). Doublet of Magħreb (Semitic-based).

• IPA^(key): /maɡ.rɛp/
• Rhymes: -ɛp

il-Magreb m

1. Maghreb (the predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya)