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proper noun 
  1. Northwest Africa, the region of Africa north of the Sahara and west of the Nile. The lands of the Maghreb are generally considered to be the coastal plains of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and western Libya. Construed with "the": the Maghreb.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: Maghreb
  • French: le Maghreb
Etymology: From Arabic (ARchar, Ù) (míÄrib, 'where the sun sets', 'the West') < (ARchar, ) (Äíraba, 'to set', 'to go down').


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