Tétouan

proper noun

A city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.

OriginFrench Tétouan ← Arabic تِطْوَان →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Tetouan · alternative Tettawen

  1. A city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.
  2. A province of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.

Origin

  1. Arabicتِطْوَان
  2. FrenchTétouan
  3. EnglishTétouan

Borrowed from French Tétouan, from Arabic تِطْوَان (tiṭwān), from a Berber language, compare Ghomara tiṭṭawan (“eyes”).

More words from French, Arabic

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic تِطْوَان
  • تِطْوَان (tiṭwān)city
Catalan Tetuan
  • Tetuancity
Dutch Tétouan
  • Tétouancity
French Tétouan
  • Tétouancity
Hebrew תטואן, תיטואן
  • תטואןcity
  • תיטואןcity
Hindi तेतवान
  • तेतवान (tetvān)city
Italian Tétouan, Tetuan
  • Tétouancity
  • Tetuancity
Japanese テトゥアン
  • テトゥアン (Tetuan)city
Korean 테투안
  • 테투안 (Tetuan)city
Polish Tetuan
  • Tetuancity
Portuguese Tetuão
  • Tetuãocity
Spanish Tetuán
  • Tetuáncity
Cite this entry
APA

Tétouan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%C3%A9touan

MLA

“Tétouan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%C3%A9touan. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tétouan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/T%C3%A9touan.

Source: Tétouan on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.