How to say "Morocco" in Arabic
CognateMeaningMorocco
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
al-maghribאל-מע'רב
المغرب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
marokoمَارُوكُو
How the two words are related
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
غ-ر-بHebrew root
ע-ר-בAl-Maghrib literally means 'the place of sunset, the west' — built on غ-ر-ب, the very root behind Hebrew מַעֲרָב 'west' (gh regularly matches ע, as in غراب/עורב 'raven'). Morocco is simply 'the Far West' of the Arab world; Hebrew's own name for the country, מָרוֹקוֹ, is a separate, later borrowing from the city Marrakesh.
Related Hebrew word:מערבma'aravمَأَرَاڤ
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
Moroccans say l-meghrib, with a schwa in the first syllable.
In a phrase
Morocco is in North Africa