# Essaouira

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɛs.əˈwɪ.ɹə/

## Definitions
1. A city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast.

## Etymology
From Arabic الصَّوِيرَة (aṣ-ṣawīra, literally “the little rampart”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/essaouira