Marrocos

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrɔkos/ [maˈrɔ.kos̺]
• Rhymes: -ɔkos
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rro‧cos

Proper noun

Marrocos ?

1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• marroquí

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), with /ɔ/ rendering an Arabic [ɒː] or similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrɔ.kos/

Proper noun

Marrocos

1. Marrakech (a city in the Almoravid emirate)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 181 (facsimile):

     Fremoſo / miragre deſto fez a uirgen gro/rioſa na Cidade de marrocos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Galician: Marrocos
• Portuguese: Marrocos

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “Marrocos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “Marrocos”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Marrocos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš). Doublet of Marraquexe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kus/ [maˈhɔ.kus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kus/ [maˈhɔ.kus]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kuʃ/ [maˈχɔ.kuʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kos/ [maˈhɔ.kos]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʁɔ.kuʃ/

• Hyphenation: Mar‧ro‧cos

Proper noun

Marrocos m or (dated) m pl (sometimes plural only, in variation)

1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Usage notes

Masculine in Brazil (no Marrocos) but neuter in Portugal (em Marrocos).

Related terms

• marroquino

Anagrams

• socorram