Polisario
[ poh-li-sahr-ee-oh ]
/ poʊ lɪˈsɑr iˌoʊ /
noun
an independence movement opposing Moroccan control of the Western Sahara, a former Spanish territory that Morocco annexed in stages beginning in 1976.
Also called
Polisario Front.
Origin of Polisario
< Spanish (
Frente)
Po(pular para la)
Li(beración de)
Sa(gnia el-Hamra y)
Rí(o de)
O(ro) Popular Front for the Liberation of Sagnia El-Hamra and Río de Oro