different between morocco vs mulai

English

Etymology

From the country name of Morocco, from which this leather was originally imported. Compare maroquin.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mo?roc?co

Noun

morocco (countable and uncountable, plural moroccos)

1. A soft leather, made from goatskin, used especially in bookbinding.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 164:

     Piers put the letter in an envelope and slipped it into a green morocco-covered volume on the window seat – his sister's diary.

2. A sheepskin leather in imitation of this.
3. A very strong ale, anciently brewed in Cumberland.

Synonyms

• (soft leather): maroquin, morocco leather

Derived terms

• French morocco, Levant morocco, Persian morocco

English

Alternative forms

• moly [17th c.], mulay

Etymology

From Arabic ???????? (m?l?y).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?mu?le?/

Noun

mulai

1. A title for the ruler of Morocco.
   • 1973, Nikshoy C Chatterji, Muddle of the Middle East, vol.II, p.228:

     Mulay Hafiz appealed to France. France immediately responded by sending a sizable expeditionary force to occupy Morocco.

   • 1992, Ivan van Sertima, Golden Age of the Moor, Journal of African Civilizations Ltd., 2009, p.4:

     One very famous Sultan, Moulai Ismail of Meknes, in Morocco, had as many as 25,000 European slaves who participated in the building of his colossal stables.

Anagrams

• Umali, aumil, lumia, miaul

Indonesian

Preposition

mulai

1. from