Morocco


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Synonyms for Morocco

a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin

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By the best of my calculation, that place where I now was must be that country which, lying between the Emperor of Morocco's dominions and the negroes, lies waste and uninhabited, except by wild beasts; the negroes having abandoned it and gone farther south for fear of the Moors, and the Moors not thinking it worth inhabiting by reason of its barrenness; and indeed, both forsaking it because of the prodigious number of tigers, lions, leopards, and other furious creatures which harbour there; so that the Moors use it for their hunting only, where they go like an army, two or three thousand men at a time; and indeed for near a hundred miles together upon this coast we saw nothing but a waste, uninhabited country by day, and heard nothing but howlings and roaring of wild beasts by night.
As the latter appeared in succession, from a case of red morocco, their owner held up each implement to the strong light of the chandelier, near to which he stood, and examined it with the nicest care.
(a stronghold of the Emperor of Morocco) without a twinge of fear.
He exhibited a daguerreotype miniature in a morocco case.
There, on a table, surrounded at some distance by a large and luxurious divan, every species of tobacco known, -- from the yellow tobacco of Petersburg to the black of Sinai, and so on along the scale from Maryland and Porto-Rico, to Latakia, -- was exposed in pots of crackled earthenware of which the Dutch are so fond; beside them, in boxes of fragrant wood, were ranged, according to their size and quality, pueros, regalias, havanas, and manillas; and, in an open cabinet, a collection of German pipes, of chibouques, with their amber mouth-pieces ornamented with coral, and of narghiles, with their long tubes of morocco, awaiting the caprice or the sympathy of the smokers.
Then I heard a dull little snap, as though he had shut some small morocco case; whatever it was, he tossed it carelessly back into the bureau; and next minute he was really gone, leaving the candle burning on the floor.
It was a thin book bound in faded morocco, with a copperplate engraving as a frontispiece; the pages were musty with age and stained with mould.
Investigation, however, developed the fact that this individual was a citizen of Morocco, and that while travelling in this country he spoke the English language.
Rabat Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande Marlaska has reiterated Madrid's determination to further strengthen diplomatic relations with Morocco.The Spanish official held talks on Wednesday, September 4, in Rabat with his Moroccan counterpart Abdelouafi Laftit.
The national women's volleyball team have been drawn in Pool 'B' of the upcoming African Games to be held in Rabat, Morocco from August 20 to 30.
KARACHI -- Ambassador of Kingdom of Morocco, Muhammad Karmoune Monday emphasized on more efforts at government and private sectors level in Pakistan and Morocco to increase the bilateral trade and investment to the real potential on both sides.
Consul General of Morocco and Founding President Make-A-Wish Foundation Pakistan left for Morocco and UK for two weeks.
Summary: TEHRAN (FNA)- Ties between Morocco and Saudi Arabia soured after Rabat turned down Riyadh's call for the formation of a NATO-like Arab military force against Iran, a leading Arab newspaper disclosed on Tuesday.
United States Trade Representative, Robert Lighthizer and US Secretary of Agriculture, Sonny Perdue, have announced that the government of Morocco has agreed to allow imports of US beef and beef products into Morocco.