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Definition of Maghreb
1. Noun. The region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
Terms within: Algeria, Algerie, Democratic And Popular Republic Of Algeria, Al-magrib, Kingdom Of Morocco, Maroc, Marruecos, Morocco, Republic Of Tunisia, Tunisia
Group relationships: Africa
Definition of Maghreb
1. Proper noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maghreb
Literary usage of Maghreb
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Middle East and North Africa: The Challenge to Western Security by Peter Duignan, Lewis H. Gann (1981)
"Wi THE Maghreb The Maghreb (Maghrib), the western portion of the Islamic ...
The modern state system of the Maghreb comes from its colonial background. ..."
2. History of the Moorish Empire in Europe by Samuel Parsons Scott (1904)
"CHAPTER III THE CONQUEST OF AL-Maghreb 647-707 General Disorder following the
Death of Mohammed—Regulations of Islam—Progress of the Moslem Arms—Northern ..."
3. History of the Ceramic Art: A Descriptive and Philosophical Study of the by Albert Jacquemart (1873)
"Maghreb. WE have seen with what ardour the disciples of Mohammed sought to ...
The Maghreb-el-Aksa, or the extreme west, extending from the Atlantic to ..."
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