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morocco

Syllables: mo·roc·coUK/məˈɹɒkəʊ/

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British/məˈɹɔkəw/

morocco noun: a soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

morocco: a soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding
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Noun

morocco (countable and uncountable, plural moroccos)

  1. A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
    • The purple morocco cases accompanying the latter contained a handsome set of gold ornaments. Louisa was deeply gratified, even more on Charles's account than on her own; it was such injustice on the part of her family to treat him with such insolence as Lady Anne and Lady Rotheles displayed.1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XIV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 184
    • Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 164
  2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
  3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Morocco

Morocco

  1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.
    • Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might...2018 October 26, Chris Fitch, “Reintroduction of military conscription in Morocco”, in Geographical, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2021

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Morocco

Morocco (plural Moroccos)

  1. A surname from Italian.

morocco meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

morocco in Hindi

मोरोक्को, मोरक्को, मोरोको

morocco in Tamil

இது ஒரு நாடாகும்

morocco in Marathi

मोरोक्को, मोरक्को, मोरोको

morocco in Urdu

مراکش, موروکو, مراکو
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morocco in Bengali
মরোক্কো, মরক্কো
morocco in Telugu
మొరాకో, మొరాక్కో, మోరోక్కో
morocco in Malayalam
മൊറോക്കോ, മോറോക്കോ
morocco in Kannada
ಮೊರಾಕೊ
morocco in Punjabi
ਮੋਰਾਕੋ, ਮੋਰੋਕੋ, ਮੋਰਕੋ
morocco in Gujarati
મોરોક્કો, મોરક્કો, મોરોકો
morocco in Odia
ମୋରୋକ୍କୋ, ମୋରକ୍କୋ, ମରୋକ୍କୋ
morocco in Nepali
मोरोक्को, मोरक्को, मोरोको

Synonyms of morocco

Forms of morocco

Noun
pluralmoroccos
Proper noun
pluralMoroccos

Origin of morocco

From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.

Earlier spelling Marocco, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), further etymology uncertain. The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world. Compare older Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš) (now اَلْمَغْرِب (al-maḡrib)), Persian مراکش (marâkeš), Medieval Latin Marrochium. Turkish refers to the country as Fas from Fez, another former capital. Doublet of Marrakech.

Probably a surname of Italian origin.

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Phrases with morocco

Words that rhyme with morocco

Questions about morocco

What does morocco mean?
Morocco means a soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
What is morocco in Hindi?
Morocco in Hindi is मोरोक्को, मोरक्को, मोरोको. See Morocco meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is morocco?
Morocco can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce morocco?
Morocco is pronounced /məˈɹɒkəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of morocco?
The plural of morocco is moroccos.

Words near morocco in the dictionary

  1. Moroccanized
  2. Moroccanizes
  3. Moroccanizing
  4. Moroccanness
  5. Moroccans
  6. morocco
  7. Morocco agencies
  8. morocco leather
  9. morocco leathers
  10. Morocco plum
  11. Morocco plums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: morocco (page history and authors); Morocco (page history and authors); morocco (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Morocco (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morocco (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morocco (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morocco (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morocco (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morocco (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Morocco (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); morocco (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morocco (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morocco (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); morocco (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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