Mauretania

[ mawr-i-tey-nee-uh ]

/ ˌmɔr ɪˈteɪ ni ə /

an ancient kingdom in NW Africa: it included the territory that is modern Morocco and part of Algeria.

OTHER WORDS FROM Mauretania

Mau·re·ta·ni·an, adjective, noun

The stronghold in Mali was to be the centerpiece of a larger Qaeda emirate across the Sahel from Mauretania to Nigeria.

Al Qaeda Comeback |Bruce Riedel |April 12, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The Mauretania has a length of 790 feet and beam of 88 feet.

The Panama Canal and its Makers |Vaughan Cornish
I remember crossing in the Mauretania once, and saying to the Captain—Richards—did you know him?

The Voyage Out |Virginia Woolf
Africa is a province; Carthage is a wilderness; Numidia and Mauretania are helpless dependencies.

The Chief Periods of European History |Edward A. Freeman

I know I haven't any right to ask it, but—were you engaged to Cremer when we crossed together on the Mauretania?

Lord Loveland Discovers America |C. N. Williamson
In 1909 the Mauretania covered the same distance in four days, ten hours, and fifty-one minutes.

Every-day Science: Volume VII. The Conquest of Time and Space |Henry Smith Williams

Mauretania

/ (ˌmɒrɪˈteɪnɪə) /

an ancient region of N Africa, corresponding approximately to the N parts of modern Algeria and Morocco