Definition of Mauritania in English:
Mauritania
A country in West Africa with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean; population 4,100,000 (estimated 2015); languages, Arabic (official), Wolof (official), French; capital, Nouakchott.
毛里塔尼亚（西非国家，濒临大西洋；2009年估计人口3, 129, 500；语言为阿拉伯语 官方语言和法语；首都努瓦克肖特）
Mauritania was a centre of Berber power in the 11th and 12th centuries, at which time Islam became established in the region. Later, nomadic Arab tribes became dominant, while on the coast European nations, especially France, established trading posts. A French protectorate from 1902 and a colony from 1920, Mauritania achieved full independence in 1961
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Definition of Mauritania in US English:
Mauritania
A country in West Africa with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean; population 4,100,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Nouakchott; languages, Arabic (official), Wolof (official), and French.
毛里塔尼亚（西非国家，濒临大西洋；2009年估计人口3, 129, 500；语言为阿拉伯语 官方语言和法语；首都努瓦克肖特）Mauritania was a center of Berber power in the 11th and 12th centuries, at which time Islam was established in the region. Later, nomadic Arab tribes became dominant, while European nations, especially France, established trading posts on the coast. A French protectorate from 1902 and a colony from 1920, Mauritania achieved full independence in 1961