Mauritania
Latin
proper noun
Definitions
- Mauretania
- (New Latin) Mauritania (modern country in West Africa)
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαυρός (Moor).
Origin
Ancient Greek
Μαυρός
Gloss
Moor
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mauritania Finnish
- Maurus Latin
- Mauritania Italian
- Mauritania Spanish, Castilian
- Μαυρός Ancient Greek
- Mauritania Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan