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Mauritania
Mauritania
Seal of Mauritania
English
Proper noun
Mauritania
- A country in Northern Africa. Official name: Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Translations
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
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See also
- Appendix:Countries of the world
- Nouakchott
Finnish
Proper noun
Mauritania
Declension
| Inflection of Mauritania (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Mauritania | — | |
| genitive | Mauritanian | — | |
| partitive | Mauritaniaa | — | |
| illative | Mauritaniaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Mauritania | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Mauritania | — |
| gen. | Mauritanian | ||
| genitive | Mauritanian | — | |
| partitive | Mauritaniaa | — | |
| inessive | Mauritaniassa | — | |
| elative | Mauritaniasta | — | |
| illative | Mauritaniaan | — | |
| adessive | Mauritanialla | — | |
| ablative | Mauritanialta | — | |
| allative | Mauritanialle | — | |
| essive | Mauritaniana | — | |
| translative | Mauritaniaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Mauritaniatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Derived terms
- mauritanialainen
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Maurus (“Moor”)
Proper noun
Maurītānia f (genitive Maurītāniae); first declension
- Mauretania (ancient Berber kingdom)
- (New Latin) Mauritania (modern country in North Africa)
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Maurītānia |
| genitive | Maurītāniae |
| dative | Maurītāniae |
| accusative | Maurītāniam |
| ablative | Maurītāniā |
| vocative | Maurītānia |
Synonyms
- Maurūsia
Related terms
Descendants
- English: Mauritania