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Maghreb

magh·reb

UK/ˈmɑːɡɹɛb/ US/ˈmʌɡɹəb/ uncommon

noun

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the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia

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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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