English Explanatory Dictionary

Mahé

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small town in Mahé district in the union territory of Puducherry, India.
  2. A former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neighbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India.
name
  1. The largest island of the Seychelles.

Word forms

Mahé Mahe

Etymology

Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.

Synonyms

Mayyazhi

Translations

Bengali: মাহে Chinese Mandarin: 馬埃 /马埃 French: Mahé Gujarati: માહે Hindi: माहे Japanese: マーヒ Kannada: ಮಾಹೆ Malayalam: മയ്യഴി Bishnupriya Manipuri: মাহে Marathi: माहे Newar: माहे Sanskrit: माहे Tamil: மாகே Tamil: மய்யழி Telugu: మాహె Urdu: ماہے
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