Meknes

English

Photograph of Meknes

Etymology

Borrowed from French Meknès, from Arabic مكناس (maknās), from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ (amknas).

Proper noun

Meknes

1. A city in the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco.
2. A prefecture of Fez-Meknes, Morocco.

Related terms

• Fes-Meknes

Translations

city in Morocco

• Arabic: مكناس f (maknās)
• Catalan: Meknès m, (historical) Mequines m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ m (amknas)
• Dutch: Meknes n
• French: Meknès (fr) f
• Greek: Μεκνές (Meknés)
• Japanese: メクネス (mekunesu)
• Marathi: मेकनेस (meknes)
• Spanish: Mequínez (es), Mequinez (es)