. . "The Maghreb (/\u02C8m\u00E6\u0261r\u026Ab/ or /\u02C8m\u028C\u0261r\u0259b/;Literally sunset; Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063A\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064A\u200E el-Maghrib el-\u02BBArab\u012B, \"the Arab West\"; Berber: \u2D5C\u2D30\u2D4E\u2D30\u2D63\u2D56\u2D30 Tamazgha; previously known as Barbary Coast), or the Greater Maghreb (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0645\u063A\u0631\u0628 \u0627\u0644\u0643\u0628\u064A\u0631\u200E el-Maghrib el-Kb\u012Br), is usually defined as much or most of the region of western North Africa or Northwest Africa, west of Egypt."@en .