Moroccan

adjective

Mo·​roc·​can mə-ˈrä-kən How to pronounce Moroccan (audio)
: of, relating to, or characteristic of Morocco or its people
Moroccan noun
plural Moroccans

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The Moroccan immigrants who staff this berry farm appear to live simple lives, spending their days on repetitive manual labor and their evenings in shabby housing with minimal material possessions. Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 May 2026 Wellness, a fundamental part of Moroccan culture, is typically a focus of luxury riads. Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 The story is inspired by real-life reports of exploitation and abuse of Moroccan women who go to Spain for seasonal work and actual court cases. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026 In this embryonic North American colony, Grietje and Anthony Jansen van Salee (that is, Anthony Jansen from the Moroccan port of Salé), as he was now commonly known, or Anthony the Turk as some called him, were raucous to say the least. Literary Hub, 14 May 2026 All of this, including the Spanish statuary, Moroccan fixtures and Murano glass, is squeezed onto an Orange Avenue lot that once held a 1950s motel. Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026 In-room massage services range from deep tissue and reflexology to prenatal care and warm basalt stone treatments, with customizable enhancements like Moroccan oil scalp massages. Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026 Several Moroccan military units are involved in the search. ABC News, 6 May 2026 In 2012, two Marines died and two others were injured after a helicopter crash in the Moroccan city of Agadir, the BBC reported at the time. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1684, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Moroccan was circa 1684

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“Moroccan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Moroccan. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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