Mauritania
English
Etymology
From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
Audio (UK): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌmɔːɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
Audio (US): (file)
- (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˌmaʊ̯.ɹɪˈtan.jɐ/
Proper noun
Mauritania
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- Nouakchott
countries in Africa (appendix)edit
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
- 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
Further reading
- Mauritania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Central Huasteca Nahuatl
Proper noun
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Central Nahuatl
Proper noun
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin Mauritania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɑu̯ritɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯riˌt̪ɑ̝niɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
- Syllabification(key): Mau‧ri‧ta‧ni‧a
- Hyphenation(key): Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia
Proper noun
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
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
Galician
Proper noun
Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.
Proper noun
Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Derived terms
Anagrams
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 Latin) IPA(key): [mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mau̯.riˈt̪aː.ni.a]
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.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Maurītānia |
| genitive | Maurītāniae |
| dative | Maurītāniae |
| accusative | Maurītāniam |
| ablative | Maurītāniā |
| vocative | Maurītānia |
Synonyms
- Maurūsia
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: Mauritania
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mauɾiˈtanja/ [mau̯.ɾiˈt̪a.nja]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -anja
- Syllabification: Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia
Proper noun
Mauritania f
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
Related terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Proper noun
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)
See also
- Afrika Kusini
- Algeria ~ Aljeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Chad ~ Chadi
- Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
- Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
- Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
- Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
- Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
- Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
- Jibuti ~ Djibouti
- Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
- Kenya
- Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagaska, Bukini
- Malawi, Unyasa
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Misri, Umisri
- Morisi
- Moroko ~ Maroko
- Msumbiji, Mozambik
- Mtakatifu Helena
- Namibia
- Niger ~ Nijeri
- Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
- Rwanda ~ Ruanda
- Réunion
- Sahara ya Magharibi
- Sao Tome na Principe
- Senegal ~ Senegali
- Shelisheli
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- Sudan
- Sudan Kusini
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Uswazi, Swaziland
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Yucatec Maya
Proper noun
Mauritania
- Mauritania (a country in West Africa)