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Mauritanian

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -eɪniən
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritania, the Mauritanian people or the Mauritanian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person from Mauritania or of Mauritanian descent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Mauritanian tropical fish

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mauritian

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a native or inhabitant of Mauritania

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: African

History

Etymology

From Mauritania + -an.

Across languages

Translations

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Mauritanies — Mauritanian
  • Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيّ (mūrītāniyy) — Mauritanian
  • Asturian: mauritanu — Mauritanian
  • Catalan: maurità — Mauritanian
  • Czech: mauritánský — Mauritanian
  • Dutch: Mauritaans — Mauritanian
  • Finnish: mauritanialainen — Mauritanian
  • French: mauritanien — Mauritanian
  • Galician: mauritano — Mauritanian
  • German: mauretanisch — Mauritanian
  • Greek: μαυριτανικός (mavritanikós) — Mauritanian
  • Hungarian: mauritániai — Mauritanian
  • Irish: Máratánach — Mauritanian
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mauritansk — Mauritanian
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mauritansk — Mauritanian
  • Polish: mauretański — Mauritanian
  • Portuguese: mauritano — Mauritanian
  • Romanian: mauritan — Mauritanian
  • Russian: маврита́нский (mavritánskij) — Mauritanian
  • Slovak: mauritánsky — Mauritanian
  • Spanish: mauritano — Mauritanian
  • Swahili: Kimoritania — Mauritanian
  • Swahili: Kimoritani — Mauritanian
  • Ukrainian: маврита́нський (mavrytánsʹkyj) — Mauritanian
  • Afrikaans: Mauritaniër — Mauritanian person
  • Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيّ (mūrītāniyy) — Mauritanian person
  • Arabic: مُورِيتَانِيَّة (mūrītāniyya) — Mauritanian person
  • Asturian: mauritanu — Mauritanian person
  • Asturian: mauritana — Mauritanian person
  • Catalan: maurità — Mauritanian person
  • Czech: Mauritánec — Mauritanian person
  • Danish: mauretanier — Mauritanian person
  • Dutch: Mauritaniër — Mauritanian person
  • Dutch: Mauritaanse — Mauritanian person
  • Esperanto: maŭritano — Mauritanian person
  • Esperanto: maŭritanino — Mauritanian person
  • Finnish: mauritanialainen — Mauritanian person
  • French: Mauritanien — Mauritanian person
  • French: Mauritanienne — Mauritanian person
  • Galician: mauritano — Mauritanian person
  • German: Mauretanier — Mauritanian person
  • German: Mauretanierin — Mauritanian person
  • Greek: Μαυριτανός (Mavritanós) — Mauritanian person
  • Hungarian: mauritániai — Mauritanian person
  • Irish: Máratánach — Mauritanian person
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mauritanier — Mauritanian person
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mauritaniar — Mauritanian person
  • Polish: Mauretańczyk — Mauritanian person
  • Polish: Mauretanka — Mauritanian person
  • Portuguese: mauritano — Mauritanian person
  • Portuguese: mauritana — Mauritanian person
  • Romanian: mauritan — Mauritanian person
  • Romanian: mauritană — Mauritanian person
  • Russian: маврита́нец (mavritánec) — Mauritanian person
  • Russian: маврита́нка (mavritánka) — Mauritanian person
  • Spanish: mauritano — Mauritanian person
  • Spanish: mauritana — Mauritanian person
  • Swahili: Mmoritania — Mauritanian person
  • Swahili: Mmoritani — Mauritanian person