(n.) A fine kind of leather, prepared commonly from goatskin (though an inferior kind is made of sheepskin), and tanned with sumac and dyed of various colors; -- said to have been first made by the Moors.
Example Sentences:
(1) They had allegedly agreed that Younous would not be charged with any crime upon his arrival there and that he would not be detained in Morocco for longer than 72 hours.
(2) The distribution and meaning of the three antigenic specificities (HBe Ag 1, 2, 3) of hepatitis B HBe system and corresponding antibodies (HBe Ab 1, 2, 3) were studied in Casablanca, Morocco, in two groups of HBs Ag carriers: patients with acute or chronic hepatitis and asymptomatic carriers (controls).
(3) Others say they were tortured in places such as Egypt, Dubai, Morocco and Syria, while being interrogated on the basis of information that could only have been supplied by the UK.
(4) The fact is that torture is employed routinely across the region – the reason why the CIA used facilities in Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Algeria – their names all redacted from the Senate document.
(5) Even if high voltage cables between North Africa and Italy would be built or the existing cable between Morocco and Spain would be used, the infrastructure of the transfer countries such as Italy and Spain or Greece or Turkey also needs a major re-structuring, according to Jaeger-Waldau.
(6) He went on to publish several short-story collections, including A Hundred Camels in the Courtyard, set in Morocco and with an underlying theme of kif smoking.
(7) This study demonstrated that Astragalus lusitanicus found in Morocco is toxic to sheep.
(8) These originated in the Bou Denib oases in Morocco, and have a fine flavour and seductively smooth texture.
(9) Rajab, no fan of monarchies, says Jordan and Morocco have done better than his own country in responding to popular demands for change.
(10) The purpose of this study was to determine the periodontal status and treatment needs, using the CPITN index, in a population aged 7 to 60 years residing in the fluorosis area of Khouribga and the non-fluorosis area of Beni-Mellal, Morocco.
(11) Filmed in Morocco and Wales, it will feature a young character, Jason, who finds himself in the lost city of Atlantis and is written by Howard Overman, who created E4's Misfits.
(12) Cafferkey flew back to the UK via Casablanca in Morocco.
(13) In Morocco, there are huge re-creations of ancient Rome and Greece, plus a fake Mecca.
(14) Paul Mason writes about illegal immigration into Spain – based on a report he presented for BBC Newsnight – under the headline: "The EU is ignoring the human rights abuses behind Morocco's razor wire" (2 September).
(15) The last desert locust swarm came in 2003-05 when up to 80% of the harvest in Mauritania was eaten, and vast numbers arrived in regions as far apart as Darfur and Morocco.
(16) He said other countries with such practices included the US, Canada, Britain, France, New Zealand, Slovakia, Morocco, Russia, Somalia and India.
(17) The purpose of this report of two cases of pelvic hydatid disease is to recall the aetiology and pathogenesis of this endemic condition in Morocco.
(18) The Guardian view on the crisis in Yemen: resolve it now | Editorial Read more On Monday, a senior Pakistani government official said his country would be sending troops to Saudi Arabia as part of the coalition, which also includes Egypt, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Sudan and Morocco.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Brussels terror attacks: how events unfolded – video explainer The other key suspect in the Brussels airport bombing, Najim Laachraoui, 24, grew up in Schaerbeck after his family arrived from Morocco when he was a child.
(20) All patients with a membranous web were relatively young (mean age 29 years) and were born in Morocco.
Rabat
Definition:
(n.) A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
Example Sentences:
(1) These destinations include places that have now been associated with the CIA's secret prison programme: Kabul, where the CIA ran the notorious "Salt Pit" prison; Bangkok, where Abu Zubaydah was first taken and used as a guinea pig for "enhanced interrogation techniques"; Rabat, where prisoners were kept incommunicado and tortured by Moroccan agents who passed information to the US and Britain; and Bucharest, one of the European secret jail sites.
(2) But after fears at the highest level this summer that slow progress could doom an agreement in Paris, a sense of relief, if not optimism, was tangible in Rabat.
(3) This paper gives the most important signs observed by CT scan imaging in 33 cases examined during 6 months in the Central Service of Radiology Avicenne CHU, Rabat.
(4) After he was caught Allen spent 20 months in Rabat jail before being extradited.
(5) Speaking from Rabat, the president of L'Association pour la Mémoire des Andalous strongly criticised Spain's double standard in offering to naturalise the descendants of Jews ousted from Spain but not Muslims.
(6) Our study is devoted to 12 cases of NPF collated in the ENT department of the Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat from 1983 to 1990.
(7) This time he was based at the Rabat Hilton where the tennis pro gave him a game every Sunday.
(8) Immunogenicity of the oral poliovirus vaccine prepared on Vero cells (Vero OPV) has been assessed in a two-stage study conducted in Rabat, Morocco.
(9) Over two consecutive years, weekly examinations for the presence of nematodes were conducted on 185 stomachs from donkeys originating mainly from the Rabat, Casablanca and Settat regions of Morocco.
(10) "We emphasize that Libyan citizens should be judged in Libya and Libya does not surrender its sons," Zeidan said at a press conference with his Moroccan counterpart Abdelilah Benkirane during a three-day visit to Rabat.
(11) Eighteen parasites were identified from 57 stray dogs from the urban and rural areas of Rabat.
(12) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Moroccan activists participate in a vigil in Rabat to pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando gay club shooting.
(13) But they could be adjusted in the future to meet the 2C target recommended by international scientists, the EU’s climate commissioner, Miguel Cañete, told a UN conference in Rabat, Morocco .
(14) We don’t need a treaty in Paris,” the Moroccan environment minister Hakima el Haite told a UN climate conference in Rabat last month.
(15) We can work with far more freedom than in Cairo or Algiers, for example, or even Rabat or Casablanca further west.
(16) They filmed it in Morocco, with Sale near Rabat standing in for Mogadishu.
(17) El País • Since 2004, dozens of American embassy cables from Madrid, Rabat and Paris show the Spanish Socialist government had been secretly supporting Morocco in talks to regain control of the Western Sahara.
(18) It was unexpected to receive all these contributions and it sends a very strong signal from Rabat that we can reach a global agreement in Paris.” Privately, EU officials admit that many national pledges have been conservative, reflecting caution about an untried INDC process.
(19) An enquiry was made to determine the prevalence of asthma in adolescents and was achieved using a questionnaire which was filled in by the pupils in secondary schools in Rabat.
(20) The centre of brucellic infection, which involves for the most part imported breeds, was found to be in the region of Casablanca (27%), Rabat, Salé, Fès and Meknes.