köken: From Arabic مَرّاكُش (marrākuš), from Berber, of uncertain derivation but often thought to mean “Land of God”. The word originally referred to the capital city of Marrakech (founded late 11th c.), but came to be used as a pars pro toto for the westernmost region of the Islamic world both in Islamic and European languages.
köken: Etymology tree Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš)bor. Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos Portuguese Marrocos Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Marrocos (“Marrakech”), borrowed from Arabic مَرَّاكُش (marrākuš). Doublet of Marraquexe.
Via other European languages, originally referring to the city of Marrakech, from Portuguese Marrocos and/or Spanish Marruecos, from Arabic مُرَّاكُش (murrākuš), from Berber ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ (amur n akuc, literally “Land of God”).