Mauritanian

English

Etymology

From Mauritania +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪniən

Noun

Mauritanian (plural Mauritanians)

A person from Mauritania or of Mauritanian descent.

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan, African

Translations

Mauritanian person

Afrikaans: Mauritaniër
Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيّ m (mūrītāniyy), مُورِيتَانِيَّة f (mūrītāniyya)
Catalan: maurità (ca)
Czech: Mauritánec (cs) m
Danish: mauretanier c
Dutch: Mauritaniër (nl) m, Mauritaanse (nl) f
Esperanto: maŭritano (man or woman), maŭritanino (woman)
Finnish: mauritanialainen (fi)
French: Mauritanien (fr) m, Mauritanienne (fr) f
Galician: mauritano (gl) m
German: Mauretanier (de) m, Mauretanierin (de) f
Greek: Μαυριτανός m (Mavritanós)
Hungarian: mauritániai (hu)
Irish: Máratánach m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mauritanier m

Nynorsk: mauritaniar (nn) m
Polish: Mauretańczyk (pl) m, Mauretanka (pl) f
Portuguese: mauritano (pt) m, mauritana f
Romanian: mauritan (ro) m, mauritană (ro) f
Russian: маврита́нец (ru) m (mavritánec), маврита́нка (ru) m (mavritánka)
Spanish: mauritano (es) m, mauritana (es) f
Swahili: Mmoritania (sw), Mmoritani

Adjective

Mauritanian (comparative more Mauritanian, superlative most Mauritanian)

Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritania, the Mauritanian people or the Mauritanian language.

Translations

Mauritanian

Afrikaans: Mauritanies
Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيّ (mūrītāniyy)
Catalan: maurità (ca)
Czech: mauritánský (cs)
Dutch: Mauritaans (nl)
Finnish: mauritanialainen (fi)
French: mauritanien (fr)
Galician: mauritano (gl)
German: mauretanisch (de)
Greek: μαυριτανικός (el) (mavritanikós)
Hungarian: mauritániai (hu)
Irish: Máratánach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mauritansk

Nynorsk: mauritansk (nn)
Polish: mauretański (pl)
Portuguese: mauritano (pt)
Romanian: mauritan (ro)
Russian: маврита́нский (ru) (mavritánskij)
Slovak: mauritánsky
Spanish: mauritano (es)
Swahili: Kimoritania, Kimoritani
Ukrainian: маврита́нський (mavrytánsʹkyj)

Finnish

Proper noun

Mauritanian

genitive singular of Mauritania