Mauritia
Meanings
name
- A former microcontinent that once formed the landbridge between the subcontinents of Madagascar and India, which was subducted under the African plate, and now partly lie under the region of Mauritius.
Word forms
Etymology
From Mauritius + -ia, from lying underneath Mauritius.
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