Mauritania
UK/ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
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British/ˌmɔɹɪˈtɛjnɪjə/
Mauritania proper noun: a country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
Proper noun
Mauritania
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
Mauritania meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Mauritania in Hindi
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- मॉरिटानिया mŏriṭāniyā
Mauritania in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Mauritania in Urdu
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- مورِیتانِیَہ morītāniya
Mauritania in Bengali
- Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- মৌরিতানিয়া mōuritaniẏa
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- Mauritania in Kannada
- ಮೌರಿಟೇನಿಯ
- Mauritania in Pashto
- موريتانيا moritānyā
- Mauritania in Tagalog
- Mawritanya, Mauritania
- Mauritania in Arabic
- مُورِيتَانِيَا mūrītāniyā
- Mauritania in Malay
- Mauritania
- Mauritania in Indonesian
- Mauritania
- Mauritania in Thai
- มอริเตเนีย mɔɔ-rí-dtee-niia
- Mauritania in Vietnamese
- Mô-ri-ta-ni
- Mauritania in Myanmar
- မော်ရီတေးနီးယား maurite:ni:ya:
- Dhivehi
- މޮރިޓޭނިއާ moriṭēniā
Origin of Mauritania
From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.
Words formed from Mauritania
Phrases with Mauritania
Questions about Mauritania
- What does Mauritania mean?
- Mauritania means a country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
- What is Mauritania in Hindi?
- Mauritania in Hindi is मॉरिटानिया (mŏriṭāniyā). See Mauritania meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Mauritania?
- Mauritania is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Mauritania?
- Mauritania is pronounced /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/ (UK).
Words near Mauritania in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Mauritania (page history and authors); Mauritania (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Mauritania (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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