Morocco

Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”). The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world. Compare older Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš) (now اَلْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)), Persian مراکش (marâkeš), Medieval Latin Marrochium. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital. Doublet of Marrakech.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɒkəʊ/
• (US) enPR: məräk'ō, /məˈɹɑkoʊ/, /mɔɹˈɑkoʊ/

• Audio (UK):

  (file)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒkəʊ

Morocco

2. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.
   • 2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 February 2021:

     Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.

• → Japanese: モロッコ (Morokko)

Probably a surname of Italian origin.

Morocco (plural Moroccos)

1. A surname from Italian.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Morocco is the 37591^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Morocco is most common among White (92.23%) individuals.

• Maghreb, Maghrib
• North Africa
• Appendix:Countries of the world

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Morocco”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 621.