Maghreb
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Arabic مغرب (máğrib, “where the sun sets, the West”), from غرب (ğáraba, “to set, to go down”).
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Proper noun [edit]
Maghreb
- Northwest Africa, the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile. The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.
Usage notes [edit]
As the name of a region, construed with “the”: the Maghreb.
Antonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
region in Africa
