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Rabat.

The capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco.

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Meaning & usage

name/ɹəˈbɑːt/UK/ɹəˈbæt/UK/ɹɑːˈbɑːt/US/ɹɑːˈbæt/US
  1. The capital city of Morocco, and capital city of the region of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra, Morocco.

  2. The Moroccan government.

    metonymically
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Arabic الرَّبَاط (ar-rabāṭ).

name/ɹəˈbɑːt/UK/ɹəˈbæt/UK/ɹɑːˈbɑːt/US/ɹɑːˈbæt/US
  1. A town in the Western Region, Malta

  2. Former name of Victoria: a town and local council, the capital of the Gozo Region, Malta

Where this word comes from

From Maltese rabat (“suburb”), from Arabic رَبَض (rabaḍ, “outskirts, suburb”).

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