Mauritania

/ˌmɒrɪˈteɪniə/ noun

Translation

› a country in Africa

Moritanya, Afrika'da bir ülke

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Mauritanian

/ˌmɒrɪˈteɪniən/ adjective › coming from or relating to Mauritania

Moritanya'dan gelen, oraya ilişkin

655 Mauritanian noun › someone from Mauritania

Moritanyalı, Moritanya uyruklu

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(Definition of Mauritania noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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