Meknes

Meknes

English

Photograph of Meknes

Etymology

Borrowed from French Meknès, from Arabic مكناس‎ (maknās), from Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ (amknas).

Proper noun

Meknes

1. A city in the region of Fez-Meknes, Morocco.
2. A prefecture of Fez-Meknes, Morocco.

Translations

city in Morocco

Arabic: مكناس‎‎ f (maknās) Catalan: Meknès m, (historical) Mequines m Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ ? (amknas)

Dutch: Meknes n French: Meknès (fr) f Japanese: メクネス (mekunesu) Spanish: Mequínez (es), Mequinez (es)