# Mauritania
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Maurītānia, from Maurus (“Moor”). Doublet of Mauretania.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌmɒɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
** Audio (UK):(file)
* (US) IPA: /ˌmɔːɹɪˈteɪni.ə/
** Audio (US):(file)

### Proper noun

Mauritania
* A country in West Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Capital: Nouakchott.

#### Derived terms

* Mauritanian

#### Related terms

* Mauretania
* Moor

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Countries of the world
* Nouakchott
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republic of the Congo
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Western Sahara
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### Further reading

* Mauritania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Central Huasteca Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Mauritania
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Mauritania
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Mauritania.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑu̯ritɑniɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯riˌt̪ɑ̝niɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑniɑ
* Hyphenation: Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia

### Proper noun

Mauritania
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Mauritania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mauritaniani
accusative
nom.
Mauritaniani
gen.
Mauritaniani
genitive
Mauritaniani
partitive
Mauritaniaani
inessive
Mauritaniassani
elative
Mauritaniastani
illative
Mauritaniaani
adessive
Mauritaniallani
ablative
Mauritanialtani
allative
Mauritanialleni
essive
Mauritanianani
translative
Mauritaniakseni
abessive
Mauritaniattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mauritaniasi
accusative
nom.
Mauritaniasi
gen.
Mauritaniasi
genitive
Mauritaniasi
partitive
Mauritaniaasi
inessive
Mauritaniassasi
elative
Mauritaniastasi
illative
Mauritaniaasi
adessive
Mauritaniallasi
ablative
Mauritanialtasi
allative
Mauritaniallesi
essive
Mauritanianasi
translative
Mauritaniaksesi
abessive
Mauritaniattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mauritaniamme
accusative
nom.
Mauritaniamme
gen.
Mauritaniamme
genitive
Mauritaniamme
partitive
Mauritaniaamme
inessive
Mauritaniassamme
elative
Mauritaniastamme
illative
Mauritaniaamme
adessive
Mauritaniallamme
ablative
Mauritanialtamme
allative
Mauritaniallemme
essive
Mauritanianamme
translative
Mauritaniaksemme
abessive
Mauritaniattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mauritanianne
accusative
nom.
Mauritanianne
gen.
Mauritanianne
genitive
Mauritanianne
partitive
Mauritaniaanne
inessive
Mauritaniassanne
elative
Mauritaniastanne
illative
Mauritaniaanne
adessive
Mauritaniallanne
ablative
Mauritanialtanne
allative
Mauritaniallenne
essive
Mauritaniananne
translative
Mauritaniaksenne
abessive
Mauritaniattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Mauritaniansa
accusative
nom.
Mauritaniansa
gen.
Mauritaniansa
genitive
Mauritaniansa
partitive
Mauritaniaansa
inessive
Mauritaniassaan Mauritaniassansa
elative
Mauritaniastaan Mauritaniastansa
illative
Mauritaniaansa
adessive
Mauritaniallaan Mauritaniallansa
ablative
Mauritanialtaan Mauritanialtansa
allative
Mauritanialleen Mauritaniallensa
essive
Mauritanianaan Mauritanianansa
translative
Mauritaniakseen Mauritaniaksensa
abessive
Mauritaniattaan Mauritaniattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* mauritanialainen

## Galician
### Proper noun

Mauritania f
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* mauritano

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.

### Proper noun

Mauritania f
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

#### Derived terms

* mauritano

### Anagrams

* umanitaria

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Maurētānia

### Etymology

From Maurītānus (“Mauritanian, [one] of the Moors”) +‎ -ia (country name forming suffix). The first element is from Maurus (“Moor”), from Ancient Greek Μαῦρος (Maûros), the second from Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /mau̯.riːˈtaː.ni.a/, [mäu̯riːˈt̪äːniä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /mau̯.riˈta.ni.a/, [mäu̯riˈt̪äːniä]

### Proper noun

Maurītānia f sg (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension
* Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
* (New Latin) Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Synonyms

* Maurūsia

#### Related terms

* Maurī
* Mauricātim
* Mauricē
* Mauricus
* Mauritānicus
* Maurus

#### Descendants

* → English: Mauritania

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Mauritania
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* mauritanier
* mauritansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Mauritania
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* mauritaniar
* mauritansk

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Mauritania f
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mauritania.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mauɾiˈtanja/ [mau̯.ɾiˈt̪a.nja]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anja
* Syllabification: Mau‧ri‧ta‧nia

### Proper noun

Mauritania f
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

#### Related terms

* mauritano

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Mauritania
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)

### See also

* Afrika Kusini
* Algeria ~ Aljeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Chad ~ Chadi
* Cote d'Ivoire ~ Kodivaa
* Eritrea
* Ethiopia, Uhabeshi ~ Habeshi
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea Bisau ~ Guinea-Bisau ~ Ginebisau
* Guinea ya Ikweta ~ Ginekweta
* Guinea ~ Gine ~ Gini
* Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati
* Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Kongo-Kinshasa
* Jamhuri ya Kongo, Kongo-Brazzaville
* Jibuti ~ Djibouti
* Kamerun ~ Cameroon ~ Kameruni
* Kenya
* Komori, Visiwa vya Ngazija
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagaska, Bukini
* Malawi, Unyasa
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mayotte
* Misri, Umisri
* Morisi
* Moroko ~ Maroko
* Msumbiji, Mozambik
* Mtakatifu Helena
* Namibia
* Niger ~ Nijeri
* Nigeria ~ Nijeria ~ Naijeria
* Rwanda ~ Ruanda
* Réunion
* Sahara ya Magharibi
* Sao Tome na Principe
* Senegal ~ Senegali
* Shelisheli
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* Sudan
* Sudan Kusini
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Uswazi, Swaziland
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

## Yucatec Maya
### Proper noun

Mauritania
* Mauritania (a country in West Africa)