▁ge ograph ers ▁sometimes ▁referred ▁to ▁Mor oc co ▁as ▁ ▁( , ▁meaning ▁" The ▁Far th est ▁West ") ▁to ▁distinguish ▁it ▁from ▁neighbour ing ▁historical ▁regions ▁called ▁ ▁( , ▁meaning ▁" The ▁Middle ▁West ") ▁and ▁ ▁( , ▁meaning ▁" The ▁Near est ▁West "). ▁ ▁Mor oc co ' s ▁English ▁name ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁Mar rak esh , ▁its ▁capital ▁under ▁the ▁Al mor avid ▁dynast y ▁and ▁Al m oh ad ▁C ali ph ate . ▁The ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁name ▁Mar rak esh ▁is ▁disput ed , ▁but ▁is ▁most ▁likely ▁from ▁the ▁Ber ber ▁words ▁am ur ▁( n ) ▁ak ush ▁( ⴰ <0xE2> <0xB5> <0x8E> <0xE2> <0xB5> <0x93> <0xE2> <0xB5> <0x94> ▁ <0xE2> <0xB5> <0x8F> ▁ ⴰ <0xE2> <0xB4> <0xBD> <0xE2> <0xB5> <0x93> <0xE2> <0xB5> <0x9B> ) ▁or ▁" Land ▁of ▁God ". ▁The ▁modern ▁Ber ber ▁name ▁for ▁Mar rak esh ▁is ▁M ṛ ṛ ak c ▁( in ▁the ▁Ber ber ▁Latin ▁script ). ▁In ▁Turkish , ▁Mor oc co ▁is ▁known ▁as ▁F as , ▁a ▁name ▁derived ▁from ▁its ▁ancient ▁capital ▁of ▁F es . ▁However , ▁this ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁case ▁in ▁other ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Islam ic ▁world : ▁until ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁the ▁common ▁name ▁of ▁Mor oc co ▁in ▁Egypt ian ▁and ▁Middle ▁Eastern ▁Arab ic ▁literature ▁was ▁Mar rak esh ▁( م ر ا ك ش ); ▁this ▁name ▁is ▁still ▁used ▁in ▁some ▁languages