Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - morocco

 geographical name  1. country NW Africa bordering on the Atlantic & the Mediterranean; a kingdom capital Rabat, summer capital Tangier area 172,413 square miles (446,550 square kilometers), population 20,419,555; formerly (1911-56) divided into French ~ (protectorate capital Rabat), Spanish ~ (protectorate capital Tetuan), & the International Zone of Tangier  2. — see Marrakech  • Moroccan adjective or noun MOROCCO  noun  Etymology: Morocco, Africa  Date: 1634 a fine leather from goatskin tanned with sumac