[Stephanie]

It's spelled with an I

Mauretania (/ˌmɒrɪˈteɪniə, ˌmɔːrɪ-/)[3][4] is the Latin name for an area in the ancient Maghreb. It stretched from central present-day Algeria westwards to the Atlantic, covering northern Morocco, and southward to the Atlas Mountains.[5] Its native inhabitants, seminomadic pastoralists of Berber ancestral stock, were known to the Romans as the Mauri and the Masaesyli.[6]

Oh so not the country but the region, got it

[Jeff Probst]

It's spelled with an I

That's a different country and not correct with the letters provided. " the Berber kingdom of Mauretania under king Baga.[25] This ancient kingdom (not to be confused with the present state of Mauritania) dates at least to around 225 BC."

[Jeff Probst]

You would be correct Stephanie, but the second I was not provided in the scrambled word.