# Nouadhibou

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A city in northwestern Mauritania.

## Etymology
Probably from Arabic نأو (“shelter, bay”) + Arabic ضَبَاب (ḍabāb, “fog”).

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