English Explanatory Dictionary

Mascarene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from, or relating to, the Mascarene Islands
noun
  1. Someone from the Mascarene Islands.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

Mascarene Mascarenes

Etymology

From the name of Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas.

Derived words

Mascarene black petrel Mascarene coot Mascarene crow Mascarene frog Mascarene grass frog Mascarene martin Mascarene owl Mascarene paradise-flycatcher Mascarene parrot Mascarene petrel Mascarene Plateau Mascarene ridged frog Mascarene shearwater Mascarene swiftlet Mascarene white-eye
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