morocco

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  1. noun A soft fine leather of goatskin tanned with sumac, used for book bindings and shoes.

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  1. After Morocco .

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  1. Short for Morocco leather; cf. equivalent maroquin, from French maroquin = Spanish marroqui = Portuguese marroquim = Italian marrocchino, with accommodation adjective termination, = English -ine; so called from Morocco or Marocco (Middle English Marrok), from Arabic Marrākush, the city which gave its name to the country, and in which the manufacture of morocco leather is still carried on.
 

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/məˈrɑkoʊ/
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