Marrocos

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrɔkos/ [maˈrɔ.kos̺]
• Rhymes: -ɔkos
• Hyphenation: Ma‧rro‧cos

Proper noun

Marrocos

1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Related terms

• marroquí

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš), with /ɔ/ rendering an Arabic [ɒː] or similar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈrɔ.kos/

Proper noun

Marrocos

1. Marrakech (a city in the Almoravid emirate)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 181 (facsimile):

     Fremoſo / miragre deſto fez a uirgen gro/rioſa na Cidade de marrocos.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Galician: Marrocos
• Portuguese: Marrocos

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “Marrocos”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “Marrocos”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG

Portuguese

Marrocos

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš). Doublet of Marraquexe.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kus/ [maˈhɔ.kus]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kus/ [maˈhɔ.kus]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kuʃ/ [maˈχɔ.kuʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʁɔ.kos/ [maˈhɔ.kos]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʁɔ.kuʃ/

• Hyphenation: Mar‧ro‧cos

Proper noun

Marrocos m or m pl

1. Morocco (a country in North Africa)

Usage notes

Masculine in Brazil (no Marrocos) but neuter in Portugal (em Marrocos).

Related terms

• marroquino

Anagrams

• socorram