ancient country & Roman province in NW Africa, including areas now in NE Morocco & W Algeria
See Mauretania in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(môrˌĭ-tāˈnē-ə, -tānˈyə, märˌ-)
An ancient district of the Roman Empire in present-day Morocco and Algeria. Settled by a Berber people, it was ruled by Rome from c. 100 B.C. to the fifth century A.D.