Maghreb

English

The Maghreb

Alternative forms

• Maghrib

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɡɹɛb/, /ˈmʌɡɹəb/

Proper noun

Maghreb

1. A region of North Africa. 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

As the name of a region, construed with "the": the Maghreb

Antonyms

• Levant
• Mashreq

 

Coordinate terms

• Maghrebi
• Maghrebian
• Maghrebin

 

Derived terms

• Little Maghreb
• Maghrebi
• Maghrebin

 

Translations

region in Africa

• Albanian: Magreb m
• Arabic: اَلْمَغْرِب (ar) m (al-maḡrib), اَلْمَغْرِب اَلْعَرَبِيّ m (al-maḡrib al-ʕarabiyy)
• Armenian: Մաղրիբ (Maġrib)
• Azerbaijani: Məğrib
• Belarusian: Магры́б m (Mahrýb)
• Bengali: মাগরেব (bn) (magreb)
• Bulgarian: Магре́б m (Magréb)
• Catalan: Magrib m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬格里布 (zh) (Mǎgélǐbù)

• Danish: Maghreb
• Dutch: Maghreb m
• Esperanto: Magrebo
• Finnish: Maghreb (fi)
• French: Maghreb (fr) m
• Galician: Magreb m
• Georgian: მაღრიბი (maɣribi)
• German: Maghreb (de) n
• Greek: Μαγκρέμπ (el) (Magkrémp), Μπαρμπαριά (el) f (Barmpariá)
• Hebrew: מגרב
• Hindi: मग़रिब m (maġrib), मग़रेब m (maġreb), मगरब (hi) m (magrab)
• Indonesian: Maghrib
• Italian: Magreb
• Japanese: マグリブ (ja) (Maguribu)
• Kazakh: Мағриб (Mağrib)
• Korean: 마그레브 (Mageurebeu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Mexrib (ku)

• Malay: Maghreb
• Occitan: Magrèb (oc) m
• Pashto: مغرب m (maǧréb)
• Persian: مغرب عربی (mağreb-e 'arabi), مغرب (fa) (mağreb)
• Portuguese: Magrebe m
• Russian: Магри́б (ru) m (Magríb)
• Spanish: Magreb (es) m
• Tajik: Мағриб (Maġrib)
• Tatar: Мәгъриб (Mäğrib)
• Turkish: Mağrip (tr)
• Ukrainian: Магри́б m (Mahrýb)
• Urdu: مغرب (ur) m (maġrib)
• Uyghur: مەغرىب (meghrib)
• Uzbek: Magʻrib

Anagrams

• Hamberg

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɡʁɛb/

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Proper noun

Maghreb m

1. Maghreb (a region in Northern Africa)

Coordinate terms

• maghrébin
• Maghrébin

 

Derived terms

• maghrébin
• Maghrébin
• Petit Maghreb