English Explanatory Dictionary

Chagossian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of the previous inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory, who were deported by the British government in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
adj
  1. Of or relating to these people.

Word forms

Chagossian Chagossians more Chagossian most Chagossian

Etymology

From Chagos + -ian.

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