Etymograph

English

Nouakchott

Nouakchott comes from French Nouakchott, and goes back to Arabic نُوَاكْشُوط.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentنُوَاكْشُوطnuwākšūṭ
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentNouakchott
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentنُوَاكْشُوطnuwākšūṭ
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentNouakchott
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015same form

Earliest quotation: 2015, Nils Zimmermann, Mauritanian flees slavery in Africa for life in Germany: “De facto slavery remains widespread in Mauritania, according to…”

Every English word from Arabic نُوَاكْشُوط

Today it means

name The capital city of Mauritania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic نُوَاكْشُوط / Nouakchott

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