"kind of fine flexible leather," 1630s, earlier maroquin (16c.), via French; ultimately from Morocco, the country in northwest Africa, where the tanned leather first was made.
Morocco
country in northwest Africa, from Italian, from Berber Marrakesh (properly the name of the city of Marrakesh), from Arabic Maghrib-al-Aqsa "Extreme West." Compare French Maroc, German Marokko. In English, the first vowel has been altered, apparently by influence of Moor. Related: Moroccan.
雙語例句
1. We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
我們多少有點心血來潮，決定航海去摩洛哥。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Morocco's capital, until independence, was badly overcrowded.
摩洛哥的首都在獨立前一直都擁擠不堪。
來自柯林斯例句
3. In Morocco, trachoma has almost been completely cured in children.