Mauritanian

English

Etymology

Mauritania +‎ -an

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eɪniən

Noun

Mauritanian (plural Mauritanians)

A person from Mauritania or of Mauritanian descent.

Hypernyms

sub-Saharan, African

Translations

Mauritanian person

Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيّ‎ m (mūrītāniyy), مُورِيتَانِيَّة‎ f (mūrītāniyya)
Catalan: maurità (ca)
Czech: Mauritánec m
Esperanto: maŭritano (man or woman), maŭritanino (woman)
French: Mauritanien (fr) m, Mauritanienne (fr) f
German: Mauretanier (de) m, Mauretanierin (de) f
Greek: Μαυριτανός m (Mavritanós)
Irish: Máratánach m

Norwegian:
Bokmål: mauritanier m

Nynorsk: mauritaniar (nn) m
Polish: Mauretańczyk (pl) m, Mauretanka (pl) f
Portuguese: mauritano (pt) m
Romanian: mauritan (ro) m, mauritană (ro) f
Russian: маврита́нец (ru) m (mavritánec), маврита́нка (ru) m (mavritánka)
Spanish: mauritano (es) m
Swahili: Mmoritania (sw), Mmoritani

Adjective

Mauritanian (comparative more Mauritanian, superlative most Mauritanian)

Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritania, the Mauritanian people or the Mauritanian language.

Translations

Mauritanian

Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيّ‎ (mūrītāniyy)
Catalan: maurità (ca)
Czech: mauritánský
French: mauritanien (fr)
German: mauretanisch (de)
Greek: μαυριτανικός (el) (mavritanikós)
Irish: Máratánach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mauritansk

Nynorsk: mauritansk (nn)

Polish: mauretański (pl)
Portuguese: mauritano (pt)
Romanian: mauritan (ro)
Russian: маврита́нский (ru) (mavritánskij)
Slovak: mauritánsky
Spanish: mauritano (es) m
Swahili: Kimoritania, Kimoritani

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