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NOUAKCHOTT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nouakchott mean?
• NOUAKCHOTT (noun)
The noun NOUAKCHOTT has 1 sense:
1. capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast
Familiarity information: NOUAKCHOTT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capital of Mauritania; located in western Mauritania near the Atlantic coast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Nouakchott" is a part of...):
Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Mauritania; Mauritanie; Muritaniya (a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert)
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