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| maghreb - the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia | ||
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| africa the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean | ||
| algeria, algerie, democratic and popular republic of algeria a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s | ||
| al-magrib, kingdom of morocco, maroc, marruecos, morocco a kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population; achieved independence from France in 1956 | ||
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Wikipedia 
- The Maghreb (المغرب العربي) is a region in North Africa. The term is generally applied to all of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, but in older Arabic usage meant only the area of the three countries between the high ranges of the Atlas Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea. Historically, some writers also included muslim ruled regions in Spain, Portugal, Sicily and Malta in the definition. Malta, in particular, still speaks a language based on its own Maghrebi Arabic variety: Maltese.
