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ˌmɔr ɪˈteɪ ni əmau·re·ta·ni·a
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Mauretanianoun
An ancient Berber kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa which was annexed by the Romans.
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Mauretania
Mauretania was part of Ancient Libya during antiquity, situated west of Numidia. It corresponded to the Mediterranean coast of what is today Morocco, western Algeria and Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla. Mauretania was an independent tribal kingdom from about the 3rd century BC. It became a client of the Roman empire in 33 BC, and a full province after the death of Ptolemy of Mauretania in AD 40. Mauretania fell to the Vandal conquest in the 430s, but was reconquered by the Eastern Empire in 533. The province was finally lost to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in 698.
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mauretania
The ancient name of the northwestern part of Africa, corresponding in its limits to the present sultanate of Morocco and the western portion of Algeria. It derived its name from its inhabitants, the Mauri (Moors). The country was conquered by the Romans, who founded many colonies in it, and in 49 B.C. Julius Cæsar appointed Bogudes and Bocchoris joint kings of Mauritania. In 429 the Vandal king Genseric, at the invitation of Count Boniface, crossed the Straits of Gades, and Mauritania, with other African provinces, fell into the hands of the barbarian conquerors. Belisarius destroyed the kingdom of the Vandals, and Mauritania again became a Roman province under an Eastern exarch. In 698, when the Arabs made the final conquest of Africa, the Moors adopted the religion, name, and origin of their conquerors, and sunk back into their more congenial state of Mohammedan savages.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of mauretania in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
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The numerical value of mauretania in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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