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MARRAKECH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Marrakech mean?
• MARRAKECH (noun)
The noun MARRAKECH has 1 sense:
1. a city in western Morocco; tourist center
Familiarity information: MARRAKECH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in western Morocco; tourist center
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Marrakech; Marrakesh
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Marrakech" is a part of...):
Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco (a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956)
Context examples
The filter prototype, tested in Al Haouz, a rural district about 40 kilometres from Marrakech, removed a large amount of waste such as solid particles, organic pollution, nitrogen and fertiliser residue.
(Soil-based filter bricks clean up water for Moroccan farmers, SciDev.Net)
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