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morocco
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun morocco has 2 senses
- morocco(n = noun.location) al-magrib, kingdom of morocco, maroc, marruecos - a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956; Array is a member of arab league
- morocco(n = noun.substance) Array - a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.; Array is a kind of leather
is a part of maghreb, mahgrib
is a kind of african country, african nation
has parts: casablanca, el aaium, fes, fez, marrakech, marrakesh, oujda, capital of morocco, rabat, tangier, tangiers, spanish sahara, western sahara, atlas mountains, abila, abyla, jebel musa
Derived form adjective moroccan1
has particulars: levant, levant morocco
CIDE DICTIONARY
morocco, n. [Named from Morocco, the country. Cf. Morris the dance.].
A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
morocco, n. (pl. -os)
1 a fine flexible leather made (orig. in Morocco) from goatskins tanned with sumac, used esp. in bookbinding and shoemaking.
2 an imitation of this in grained calf etc.
1 a fine flexible leather made (orig. in Morocco) from goatskins tanned with sumac, used esp. in bookbinding and shoemaking.
2 an imitation of this in grained calf etc.
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