Mauritania

English

Seal of Mauritania

Etymology

From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (Moor).

Pronunciation

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

Mauritania

  1. A country in Northern Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

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Finnish

Proper noun

Mauritania

  1. Mauritania

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
instructive
abessive Mauritaniatta
comitative

Derived terms


Italian

Proper noun

Mauritania f

  1. Mauritania

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Maurus (Moor)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a/

Proper noun

Maurītānia f (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension

  1. Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
  2. (New Latin) Mauritania (modern country in North Africa)

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Maurītānia
Genitive Maurītāniae
Dative Maurītāniae
Accusative Maurītāniam
Ablative Maurītāniā
Vocative Maurītānia

Synonyms

  • Maurūsia

Descendants


Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Mauritania

  1. Mauritania

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Mauritania

  1. Mauritania

Romanian

Proper noun

Mauritania f

  1. Mauritania

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mauɾiˈtanja/, [mau̯ɾiˈt̪anja]

Proper noun

Mauritania f

  1. Mauritania
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