מרוקו

Hebrew

Etymology

Possibly via Ladino Maroko from Portuguese Marrocos, from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), ultimately from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”).

Compare also German Marokko, Russian Марокко (Marokko), and especially Yiddish מאַראָקאָ (maroko), whose spelling was also used in (Ashkenazi) Hebrew sources from the 19th century.

Proper noun

מָרוֹקוֹ • (maróko)

  1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Derived terms

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