Mauritania

See also: Mauritánia, Mauritânia, and Mauritània

English

Seal of Mauritania

Mauritania on a globe.

Etymology

From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌmɔːɹɪˈteɪni.ə/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Mauritania

2. A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.

Derived terms

• Mauritanian

Related terms

• Mauretania
• Moor

Translations

Islamic Republic of Mauritania

• Afrikaans: Mauritanië
• Albanian: Mauritani f, Mauritania (sq) f (definite)
• Amharic: ሞሪታኒያ (moritaniya)
• Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيَا (ar) f (mūrītāniyā)
• Armenian: Մավրիտանիա (Mavritania)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܘܪܝܼܛܵܢܝܼܵܐ f (māwrīṭānīyā)
• Azerbaijani: Mavritaniya (az)
• Belarusian: Маўрыта́нія f (Maŭrytánija)
• Bengali: মৌরিতানিয়া (bn) (mōuritaniẏa)
• Breton: Maouritania
• Bulgarian: Маврита́ния f (Mavritánija)
• Burmese: မော်ရီတေးနီးယား (maurite:ni:ya:)
• Catalan: Mauritània (ca) f
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵓⵔⵉⵟⴰⵏⵢⴰ (muriṭanya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 毛里塔尼亞 (zh) (Máolǐtǎníyà), 茅利塔尼亞／茅利塔尼亚 (zh) (Máolìtǎníyà)

• Czech: Mauritánie (cs) f, Mauretánie f
• Danish: Mauretanien (da) n
• Dhivehi: މޮރިޓޭނިއާ (moriṭēniā)
• Dutch: Mauritanië (nl) n, Mauretanië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Maŭritanio (eo), Maŭritanujo
• Estonian: Mauritaania (et)
• Farefare: Mauritania
• Faroese: Móritania
• Finnish: Mauritania (fi)
• French: Mauritanie (fr) f
• Galician: Mauritania (gl)
• Georgian: მავრიტანია (ka) (mavriṭania)
• German: Mauretanien (de) n
• Greek: Μαυριτανία (el) f (Mavritanía)

  Ancient: Μαυρουσία f (Maurousía)

• Hausa: Moritaniya, Muritaniya
• Hebrew: מָאוּרִיטַנְיָה f (ma'uritanya)
• Hindi: मॉरीतानिया m (mŏrītāniyā)
• Hungarian: Mauritánia (hu)
• Icelandic: Máritanía (is)
• Indonesian: Mauritania (id)
• Interlingua: Mauritania
• Irish: An Mháratáin f
• Italian: Mauritania (it) f
• Japanese: モーリタニア (ja) (Mōritania)
• Kalenjin: Moritenia
• Kamba: Moritania
• Kazakh: Мавритания (kk) (Mavritaniä)
• Khmer: ម៉ូរីតានី (km) (mouriitaanii)
• Kikuyu: Moritenia
• Korean: 모리타니 (ko) (Moritani), 모리따니 (ko) (Morittani) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Morîtanya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Мавритания (Mavritaniya)
• Lao: ມໍລິເຕເນຍ (mǭ li tē nīa)
• Latvian: Mauritānija (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Mauritanija (lt) f
• Luhya: Moritenia
• Luo: Moritenia
• Macedonian: Маврита́нија f (Mavritánija)
• Malay: Mauritania (ms)
• Maltese: Il-Mawritanja f
• Maori: Mauritānia
• Meru: Moritania
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Мавритан (Mavritan)

• Navajo: Moowitéínya
• Norman: Mauritannie f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Mauritania (no) n

  Nynorsk: Mauritania (nn) n

• Pashto: موريتانيا f (moritānyā)
• Persian:

  Dari: مورِیتَانِیَا (mōrītāniyā)

  Iranian Persian: موریتانی (fa) (moritâni)

• Polish: Mauretania (pl)
• Portuguese: Mauritânia (pt) f
• Romani: Movaratá
• Romanian: Mauritania (ro) f
• Russian: Маврита́ния (ru) f (Mavritánija)
• Scots: Mauritanie
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мауританија f

  Roman: Mauritanija f, Mauretanija (sh) f

• Slovak: Mauritánia f
• Slovene: Mavretánija (sl) f
• Spanish: Mauritania (es) f
• Swahili: Moritania (sw), Umoritani
• Swedish: Mauretanien (sv) n
• Tagalog: Mawritanya, Mauritania (tl)
• Tajik: Мавритания (Mavritaniya)
• Tatar: Мавритания (Mawritaniyä)
• Thai: มอริเตเนีย (th) (mɔɔ-rí-dtee-niia)
• Tigrinya: ሞሪታኒያ (moritaniya)
• Turkish: Moritanya (tr)
• Turkmen: Mawritaniýa
• Ukrainian: Маврита́нія (uk) f (Mavrytánija)
• Urdu: مورِیتانِیَہ m (morītāniya)
• Uyghur: ماۋرىتانىيە (mawritaniye)
• Uzbek: Mavritaniya (uz)
• Vietnamese: Mô-ri-ta-ni
• Volapük: Moritän (vo)
• Yiddish: מאָריטאַניע (moritanye)
• Yoruba: Maritania

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Nouakchott
• (countries of Africa) countries of Africa; Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: en:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Further reading

• Mauritania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Proper noun

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin Mauritania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑu̯ritɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯riˌt̪ɑ̝niɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia

Proper noun

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Mauritania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Mauritania	—
genitive		Mauritanian	—
partitive		Mauritaniaa	—
illative		Mauritaniaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Mauritania	—
accusative	nom.	Mauritania	—
	gen.	Mauritanian
genitive		Mauritanian	—
partitive		Mauritaniaa	—
inessive		Mauritaniassa	—
elative		Mauritaniasta	—
illative		Mauritaniaan	—
adessive		Mauritanialla	—
ablative		Mauritanialta	—
allative		Mauritanialle	—
essive		Mauritaniana	—
translative		Mauritaniaksi	—
abessive		Mauritaniatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mauritania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mauritaniani — accusative nom. Mauritaniani — gen. Mauritaniani genitive Mauritaniani — partitive Mauritaniaani — inessive Mauritaniassani — elative Mauritaniastani — illative Mauritaniaani — adessive Mauritaniallani — ablative Mauritanialtani — allative Mauritanialleni — essive Mauritanianani — translative Mauritaniakseni — abessive Mauritaniattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mauritaniasi — accusative nom. Mauritaniasi — gen. Mauritaniasi genitive Mauritaniasi — partitive Mauritaniaasi — inessive Mauritaniassasi — elative Mauritaniastasi — illative Mauritaniaasi — adessive Mauritaniallasi — ablative Mauritanialtasi — allative Mauritaniallesi — essive Mauritanianasi — translative Mauritaniaksesi — abessive Mauritaniattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mauritaniamme — accusative nom. Mauritaniamme — gen. Mauritaniamme genitive Mauritaniamme — partitive Mauritaniaamme — inessive Mauritaniassamme — elative Mauritaniastamme — illative Mauritaniaamme — adessive Mauritaniallamme — ablative Mauritanialtamme — allative Mauritaniallemme — essive Mauritanianamme — translative Mauritaniaksemme — abessive Mauritaniattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mauritanianne — accusative nom. Mauritanianne — gen. Mauritanianne genitive Mauritanianne — partitive Mauritaniaanne — inessive Mauritaniassanne — elative Mauritaniastanne — illative Mauritaniaanne — adessive Mauritaniallanne — ablative Mauritanialtanne — allative Mauritaniallenne — essive Mauritaniananne — translative Mauritaniaksenne — abessive Mauritaniattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Mauritaniansa — accusative nom. Mauritaniansa — gen. Mauritaniansa genitive Mauritaniansa — partitive Mauritaniaansa — inessive Mauritaniassaan Mauritaniassansa — elative Mauritaniastaan Mauritaniastansa — illative Mauritaniaansa — adessive Mauritaniallaan Mauritaniallansa — ablative Mauritanialtaan Mauritanialtansa — allative Mauritanialleen Mauritaniallensa — essive Mauritanianaan Mauritanianansa — translative Mauritaniakseen Mauritaniaksensa — abessive Mauritaniattaan Mauritaniattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• mauritanialainen

 

Galician

Proper noun

Mauritania f

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• mauritano

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.

Proper noun

Mauritania f

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Derived terms

• mauritano

Anagrams

• umanitaria

Latin

Alternative forms

• Maurētānia

Etymology

From Maurītānus (“Mauritanian, [one] of the Moors”) +‎ -ia (country name forming suffix). The first element is from Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), the second from Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a/, [mäu̯riːˈt̪äːniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mau̯.riˈta.ni.a/, [mäu̯riˈt̪äːniä]

Proper noun

Maurītānia f sg (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension

1. Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
2. (New Latin) Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Maurītānia
genitive	Maurītāniae
dative	Maurītāniae
accusative	Maurītāniam
ablative	Maurītāniā
vocative	Maurītānia

Synonyms

• Maurūsia

Related terms

• Maurī
• Mauricātim
• Mauricē
• Mauricus
• Mauritānicus
• Maurus

 

Descendants

• → English: Mauritania

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• mauritanier
• mauritansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• mauritaniar
• mauritansk

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Mauritania f

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mauɾiˈtanja/ [mau̯.ɾiˈt̪a.nja]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -anja
• Syllabification: Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia

Proper noun

Mauritania f

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Related terms

• mauritano

 

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Yucatec Maya

Proper noun

Mauritania

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)