Africa
La Mauritanie
Mauritania
feminineGoing there, being there
en Mauritanie
Coming from
de Mauritanie
Why
La Mauritanie is feminine, and a feminine country name takes en: en Mauritanie.
The people
un Mauritanien, une Mauritanienne
Official language
arabe
Capital
Nouakchott
Example
Un train de minerai traverse la Mauritanie.
An ore train crosses Mauritania.
Worth knowing
Not to be confused with Maurice, the island in the Indian Ocean: en Mauritanie, but à Maurice.
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