Nouakchott
/nwɑːkˈʃɒt/
Nouakchott proper noun: the capital city of Mauritania.
Proper noun
Nouakchott
- The capital city of Mauritania.
- De facto slavery remains widespread in Mauritania, according to a European human rights official who works for a major international organization in the capital, Nouakchott.2015 August 14, Nils Zimmermann, “Mauritanian flees slavery in Africa for life in Germany”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2015, Refugees
- The Mauritanian government.
Nouakchott meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Vietnamese
Nouakchott in Hindi
- capital of Mauritania
- नुआकशोत nuākśot
Nouakchott in Arabic
- capital of Mauritania
- نُوَاكْشُوط nuwākšuṭ, نَوَاكْشُوط nawākšuṭ
Nouakchott in Persian
- capital of Mauritania
- نواکشوت novâkšut
Nouakchott in Vietnamese
- capital of Mauritania
- Nu-ác-sốt
Origin of Nouakchott
From French Nouakchott, from Arabic نُوَاكْشُوط (nuwākšūṭ).
Words that rhyme with Nouakchott
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- blot
- rot
- apricot
- ribat
- bot
- got
- not
- red-hot
- snot
- stot
- tot
- calotte
- jot
- a lot
- allot
- clot
- cot
- fembot
- frot
- mot
- quat
- swot
- white-hot
- begot
- cannot
- forgot
- garrote
- grot
- marotte
- not so hot
- nott
- overshot
- piping hot
- scot
- scrot
- sot
- subplot
- swat
- thot
- wot
- yacht
- asquat
- beach ball plot
- besot
- brat
- carotte
- chamotte
- chott
Questions about Nouakchott
- What does Nouakchott mean?
- Nouakchott means the capital city of Mauritania.
- What is Nouakchott in Hindi?
- Nouakchott in Hindi is नुआकशोत (nuākśot). See Nouakchott meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Nouakchott?
- Nouakchott is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Nouakchott?
- Nouakchott is pronounced /nwɑːkˈʃɒt/.
Words near Nouakchott in the dictionary
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