Meanings
proper noun
- A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.
Origin
- LatinMaurītānia
- EnglishMauritania
From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Mauritanië
- MauritaniëIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Ancient Greek Μαυρουσία
- Μαυρουσία (Maurousía)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Arabic مُورِيتَانِيَا
- مُورِيتَانِيَا (mūrītāniyā)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Bengali মৌরিতানিয়া
- মৌরিতানিয়া (mōuritaniẏa)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Bulgarian Маврита́ния
- Маврита́ния (Mavritánija)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Catalan Mauritània
- MauritàniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Chinese Mandarin 毛里塔尼亞 /毛里塔尼亚, 茅利塔尼亞 /茅利塔尼亚
- 毛里塔尼亞 /毛里塔尼亚 (Máolǐtǎníyà)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- 茅利塔尼亞 /茅利塔尼亚 (Máolìtǎníyà)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Czech Mauritánie, Mauretánie
- MauritánieIslamic Republic of Mauritania
- MauretánieIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Danish Mauretanien
- MauretanienIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Dutch Mauritanië, Mauretanië
- MauritaniëIslamic Republic of Mauritania
- MauretaniëIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Esperanto Maŭritanio, Maŭritanujo
- MaŭritanioIslamic Republic of Mauritania
- MaŭritanujoIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Estonian Mauritaania
- MauritaaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Finnish Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
French Mauritanie
- MauritanieIslamic Republic of Mauritania
German Mauretanien
- MauretanienIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Greek Μαυριτανία
- Μαυριτανία (Mavritanía)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Hebrew מָאוּרִיטַנְיָה
- מָאוּרִיטַנְיָה (ma'uritanya)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Hindi मॉरिटानिया
- मॉरिटानिया (mŏriṭāniyā)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Hungarian Mauritánia
- MauritániaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Icelandic Máritanía
- MáritaníaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Indonesian Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Irish An Mháratáin
- An MháratáinIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Italian Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Japanese モーリタニア
- モーリタニア (Mōritania)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Korean 모리타니, 모리따니
- 모리타니 (Moritani)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
- 모리따니 (Morittani)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Latvian Mauritānija
- MauritānijaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Lithuanian Mauritanija
- MauritanijaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Malay Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Māori Mauritānia
- MauritāniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Norwegian Bokmål Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Polish Mauretania
- MauretaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Portuguese Mauritânia
- MauritâniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Romanian Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Russian Маврита́ния
- Маврита́ния (Mavritánija)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Slovak Mauritánia
- MauritániaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Spanish Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Swahili Moritania, Umoritani
- MoritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
- UmoritaniIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Swedish Mauretanien
- MauretanienIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Tagalog Mawritanya, Mauritania
- MawritanyaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
- MauritaniaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Thai มอริเตเนีย
- มอริเตเนีย (mɔɔ-rí-dtee-niia)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Turkish Moritanya
- MoritanyaIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Ukrainian Маврита́нія
- Маврита́нія (Mavrytánija)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Urdu مورِیتانِیَہ
- مورِیتانِیَہ (morītāniya)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Vietnamese Mô-ri-ta-ni
- Mô-ri-ta-niIslamic Republic of Mauritania
Yiddish מאָריטאַניע
- מאָריטאַניע (moritanye)Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Cite this entry
APA
Mauritania. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauritania
MLA
“Mauritania.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauritania. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mauritania,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauritania.
Source: Mauritania on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.