Maghreb
Meanings
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- The predominantly Arabic-speaking geographic region comprising northwest Africa, particularly the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile; the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya.
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Etymology
From Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”), noun of place from غَرَبَ (ḡaraba, “to set, to go down”).
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