Moroccan

English

Etymology

From Morocco +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɒkɪn/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /məˈɹɑkɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɒkɪn

Noun

Moroccan (plural Moroccans)

1. A person from Morocco.
   • 2015 October 11, Aida Alami, “Moroccan Government Cracks Down on Journalists and Activists”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The group is accused of defaming the state after a British nonprofit, Privacy International, wrote a report based on the testimony of four Moroccans who say they were targets of cybersurveillance by the government.

Translations

person from Morocco

• Afrikaans: Marokkaan
• Albanian: maroken (sq) m
• Arabic: مَغْرِبِيّ (ar) m (maḡribiyy), مَغْرِبِيَّة f (maḡribiyya)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܵܐ m (marākišnāyā), ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܬܵܐ f (marākišnāytā)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: marroquín (ast) m, marroquina (ast) f
• Azerbaijani: mərakeşli
• Belarusian: марака́нец m (marakánjec), марака́нка f (marakánka)
• Bulgarian: марока́нец m (marokánec), марока́нка f (marokánka)
• Catalan: marroquí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩洛哥人 (zh) (Móluògērén)

• Corsican: marocchinu m, marocchina f
• Czech: Maročan (cs) m, Maročanka (cs) f
• Danish: marokkaner
• Dutch: Marokkaan (nl), Marokkaanse (nl)
• Esperanto: marokano (man or woman), marokanino (woman)
• Estonian: marokolane
• Finnish: marokkolainen (fi)
• French: Marocain (fr) m, Marocaine (fr) f
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Marokkaan c, Marokkaansk, Marokkaanske

• Galician: marroquí (gl) m
• Georgian: მოროკოელი (moroḳoeli)
• German: Marokkaner (de) m, Marokkanerin (de) f
• Greek: Μαροκινός (el) m (Marokinós), Μαροκινή (el) f (Marokiní)
• Guarani:

  Paraguayan Guarani: ^{(please verify)} marruekogua

• Hebrew: מָרוֹקָאִי (maroká'i)
• Hungarian: marokkói (hu)
• Italian: marocchino (it) m, marocchina (it) f
• Japanese: モロッコ人 (モロッコじん, Morokkojin)
• Kazakh: мароккалық (marokkalıq)
• Korean: 모로코인 (morokoin), 모로코 사람 (moroko saram)
• Kyrgyz: марокколук (ky) (marokkoluk)
• Latvian: marokietis m, marokiete f
• Lithuanian: marokietis (lt) m, marokietė (lt) f
• Macedonian: Марока́нец m (Marokánec), Марока́нка f (Marokánka)
• Malay: orang Maghribi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marokkaner (no) m

  Nynorsk: marokkan (nn) m, marokkanar (nn) m

• Persian: مَراکِشی (fa) (marâkeši)
• Polish: Marokańczyk (pl) m, Marokanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: marroquino (pt) m
• Romanian: marocan (ro) m, marocană (ro) f
• Russian: марокка́нец (ru) m (marokkánec), марокка́нка (ru) f (marokkánka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Марока́нац m, Мароканка f

  Latin: Marokánac (sh) m, Marokanka f

• Slovak: Marokánec m, Marokánka f
• Slovene: Maročan m, Maročanka f
• Spanish: marroquí (es) m or f, marroquín (es) m or f
• Swahili: Mmoroko (sw)
• Swedish: marockan (sv)
• Tachawit: please add this translation if you can
• Tajik: марокашӣ (marokaši)
• Tarifit: please add this translation if you can
• Tashelhit: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: Faslı (tr)
• Ukrainian: марокка́нець m (marokkánecʹ), марокка́нка f (marokkánka)
• Volapük: Marokänan

Adjective

Moroccan (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Morocco or the Moroccan people.
   • 2000, Catherine Hanger, Morocco‎^[2], page 37:

     Another sauce, mainly used as a condiment, is harissa, made from pulverised chillies, garlic, salt and olive oil. Harissa is not generically Moroccan, but nevertheless is often found accompanying tajines and couscous.

   • 2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star‎^[3]:

     Moroccan curried crab and streaks of minty, lemony yogurt add luxury to a supersimple zucchini soup ($14).

Derived terms

• Moroccan Arabic
• Moroccan Darija
• Moroccan dirham
• Moroccan red

Translations

pertaining to Morocco

• Afrikaans: Marokkaans
• Albanian: maroken (sq)
• Arabic: مَغْرِبِيّ (ar) (maḡribiyy)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܪܵܟܸܫܢܵܝܵܐ m (marākišnāyā)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: marroquín (ast)
• Azerbaijani: mərakeşli, mərakeş
• Belarusian: марака́нскі (marakánski)
• Bulgarian: марока́нски (marokánski)
• Burmese: မော်ရိုကို (mauruikui)
• Catalan: marroquí (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩洛哥 (zh) (Móluògē)

• Czech: marocký (cs)
• Danish: marokkansk
• Dutch: Marokkaans (nl)
• Esperanto: maroka
• Estonian: maroko
• Finnish: marokkolainen (fi)
• French: marocain (fr)
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Marokkaansk

• Galician: marroquí (gl)
• German: marokkanisch (de)
• Greek: μαροκινός (el) (marokinós)
• Hebrew: מָרוֹקָאִי (maroká'i)
• Hindi: मरोकन (marokan), मोरक्को (hi) (morakko)
• Hungarian: marokkói (hu)
• Icelandic: marokkanskur m, marokkansk (is) f, marokkanskt n
• Indonesian: Maroko (id)
• Italian: marocchino (it)
• Japanese: モロッコの (ja) (Morokko no)
• Kazakh: марокко (marokko)
• Khmer: ម៉ារ៉ុក (km) (maarok)
• Korean: 모로코의 (ko) (Moroko-ui)
• Kyrgyz: марокко (marokko)
• Lao: ມາລົກ (mā lok)
• Latvian: marokiešu, marokānis
• Lithuanian: marokiečių, marokietis (lt)
• Macedonian: марока́нски (marokánski)
• Malay: Maghribi (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: marokkansk

  Nynorsk: marokkansk (nn)

• Occitan: marrocan m, marroquin m
• Pashto: مراکشي (marākeši)
• Persian: مَراکِشی (fa) (marâkeši)
• Polish: marokański (pl) m
• Portuguese: marroquino (pt) m
• Romanian: marocan (ro)
• Russian: марокка́нский (ru) (marokkánskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: маро̀канскӣ

  Latin: maròkanskī (sh)

• Slovak: marocký (sk)
• Slovene: maroški (sl)
• Spanish: marroquí (es)
• Swahili: Kimoroko
• Swedish: marockansk (sv)
• Tajik: марокашӣ (marokaši)
• Thai: โมร็อกโก (th) (moo-rɔ́k-goo)
• Turkish: Faslı (tr)
• Ukrainian: марокка́нський (marokkánsʹkyj)
• Urdu: مَراکِشی (marākeśī)
• Uzbek: marokash (uz)
• Vietnamese: Ma-rốc
• Volapük: Marokänik
• Welsh: Morocaidd