morocco

name

1. A country in North Africa. Official name: Kingdom of Morocco. Capital: Rabat.

   “Jonathan Hill, professor of international relations in the School of Security Studies at King’s College London, points to ongoing social unrest among rural youths in Morocco as another key reason why the law was passed. He cites the 2011 Arab Spring as an indicator of where such behaviour might lead if left unchecked.”

2. A surname from Italian.

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.

   “The purple morocco cases accompanying the latter contained a handsome set of gold ornaments. Louisa was deeply gratified, even more on Charles's account than on her own; it was such injustice on the part of her family to treat him with such insolence as Lady Anne and Lady Rotheles displayed.”

   “Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.”

2. (countable, uncountable)A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
3. (countable, uncountable)A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.