MOROCCO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Morocco mean? 

• MOROCCO (noun)
  The noun MOROCCO has 2 senses:

1. a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956

2. a soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.

  Familiarity information: MOROCCO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOROCCO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Al-Magrib; Kingdom of Morocco; Maroc; Marruecos; Morocco

Instance hypernyms:

African country; African nation (any one of the countries occupying the African continent)

Meronyms (parts of "Morocco"):

Casablanca (a port on the Atlantic and the largest city of Morocco)

El Aaium (a town in Morocco near the Atlantic coast)

Fes; Fez (a city in north central Morocco; religious center)

Marrakech; Marrakesh (a city in western Morocco; tourist center)

Oujda (a city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border)

capital of Morocco; Rabat (the capital of Morocco; located in the northwestern on the Atlantic coast)

Tangier; Tangiers (a city of northern Morocco at the west end of the Strait of Gibraltar)

Spanish Sahara; Western Sahara (an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992)

Atlas Mountains (a mountain range in northern Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara Desert; extends from southwestern Morocco to northern Tunisia)

Abila; Abyla; Jebel Musa (a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules)

Meronyms (members of "Morocco"):

Moroccan (a native or inhabitant of Morocco)

Holonyms ("Morocco" is a part of...):

Maghreb; Mahgrib (the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia)

Holonyms ("Morocco" is a member of...):

Arab League (an international organization of independent Arab states formed in 1945 to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation)

Derivation:

Moroccan (of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its people)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A soft pebble-grained leather made from goatskin; used for shoes and book bindings etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("morocco" is a kind of...):

leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "morocco"):

Levant; Levant morocco (a heavy morocco often used in bookbinding)

 Context examples 

‘I should much prefer to have it so,’ said he, raising up a square, black morocco case which he had laid beside his chair.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A country in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia.

(Algeria, NCI Thesaurus)

Denotes a person having origins in a northern country of Africa such as Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, or Tunisia.

(North Coast of Africa, NCI Thesaurus)

A home-made filter system using layers of soil and gravel cleans domestic waste water well enough to make it suitable for irrigation, a research team in Morocco has found.

(Soil-based filter bricks clean up water for Moroccan farmers, SciDev.Net)

A country in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia.

(Algeria, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

RTX is found in Euphorbia resinifera, a cactus-like plant native to Morocco, which is 500 times more potent than the chemical that produces heat in hot peppers, and may help limit the use of opioid medication while in the hospital and during home recovery.

(Chemical from cactus-like plant shows promise in controlling surgical pain, while leaving touch and coordination intact, National Institutes of Health)

In practice, the term mainly refers to people originated from forty-eight sub-Saharan Africa nations; and excudes individuals from North Africa countries, e.g. such as Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia with Arab and Berber ethnicity.

(African, NCI Thesaurus)

On returning, he found that Horner had disappeared, that the bureau had been forced open, and that the small morocco casket in which, as it afterwards transpired, the Countess was accustomed to keep her jewel, was lying empty upon the dressing-table.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)