Mauretania

See also: Mauretánia

English

Etymology

From Latin Mauretania. Doublet of Mauritania.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪniə
• Homophone: Mauritania

Proper noun

Mauretania

1. An ancient Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa which was annexed by the Romans.

Derived terms

• Mauretanian

Translations

ancient Berber kingdom

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Մաւրիտանիա (Mawritania)

• Greek:

  Ancient: Μαυριτανία f (Mauritanía)

• Irish: An Mhúratáin f, An Mháratáin f
• Latin: Maurītānia f, Maurētānia (la) f
• Lithuanian: Mauretanija (lt) f, Mauritanija (lt) f

See also

• Moor

Latin

Proper noun

Maurētānia f sg (genitive Maurētāniae); first declension

1. Alternative form of Maurītānia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Maurētānia
genitive	Maurētāniae
dative	Maurētāniae
accusative	Maurētāniam
ablative	Maurētāniā
vocative	Maurētānia

References

• “Mauretania”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mauretania in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

From Latin Mauretania.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maw.rɛˈtaɲ.ja/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɲja
• Syllabification: Mau‧re‧tan‧ia

Proper noun

Mauretania f (related adjective mauretański)

1. Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

Declension

Declension of Mauretania

	singular
nominative	Mauretania
genitive	Mauretanii
dative	Mauretanii
accusative	Mauretanię
instrumental	Mauretanią
locative	Mauretanii
vocative	Mauretanio

Derived terms

(nouns):

• Mauretanka
• Mauretańczyk

See also

countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

• Algieria
• Angola
• Benin
• Botswana
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Czad
• Demokratyczna Republika Konga
• Dżibuti
• Egipt
• Erytrea
• Eswatini
• Etiopia
• Gabon
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Gwinea
• Gwinea Bissau
• Gwinea Równikowa
• Kamerun
• Kenia
• Komory
• Kongo
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Libia
• Madagaskar
• Malawi
• Mali
• Maroko
• Mauretania
• Mauritius
• Mozambik
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Południowa Afryka
• Republika Środkowoafrykańska
• Republika Zielonego Przylądka
• Rwanda
• Sahara Zachodnia
• Senegal
• Seszele
• Sierra Leone
• Somalia
• Sudan
• Sudan Południowy
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Tunezja
• Uganda
• Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej
• Wyspy Świętego Tomasza i Książęca
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Mauretania in Polish dictionaries at PWN