morocco

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see also: Morocco

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Noun

morocco

1. A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 164:

     Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.

2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

Synonyms

• (soft leather) maroquin, morocco leather

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Morocco

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /məˈɹɒkəʊ/
• (America) enPR: məräk'ō, /məˈrɑkoʊ/, /mɔrˈɑkoʊ/

Proper noun

1. A coastal country in North-western Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco.

Related terms

• maroquin
• Marrakech

Translations

• French: Maroc
• German: Marokko
• Italian: Marocco
• Portuguese: Marrocos
• Russian: Маро́кко
• Spanish: Marruecos

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