Marrocos

From Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš).

• IPA^(key): /maˈrɔkos/ [maˈrɔ.kos̺]
• Rhymes: -ɔkos
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rro‧cos

Marrocos

1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

• marroquí

Borrowed from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), with /ɔ/ rendering an Arabic [ɒː] or similar.

• IPA^(key): /maˈrɔ.kos/

Marrocos

1. Marrakech (a city in the Almoravid emirate)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 181 (facsimile):

     Fremoſo / miragre deſto fez a uirgen gro/rioſa na Cidade de marrocos.

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• Galician: Marrocos
• Portuguese: Marrocos

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Marrocos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Marrocos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

From Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš). Doublet of Marraquexe.

• Hyphenation: Mar‧ro‧cos

Marrocos m or m pl

1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Masculine in Brazil (no Marrocos) but neuter in Portugal (em Marrocos).

• marroquino

• socorram