English Explanatory Dictionary

Mauritius

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
  2. The main island of the country of Mauritius.
name
  1. A male given name of historical usage, found e.g. in St. Mauritius.

Pronunciation

/məˈɹɪʃəs/ /məˈɹɪʃiəs/ /mɔːˈɹɪʃəs/ En-us-Mauritius.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Mauritius.wav

Word forms

Mauritius

Etymology

From Latin Mauritius (“Morris”), a Latinized form of the name Dutch Maurits. Named after Prince of Orange Maurits van Nassau.

Derived words

Mauritia Mauritian Mauritius Time Mauritius weed

Translations

Afrikaans: Mauritius Amharic: ሞሪሸስ Arabic: مُورِيشْيُوس Arabic: موريتيوس Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܵܘܪܝܼܣ Armenian: Մավրիկիոս Asturian: Mauriciu Azerbaijani: Mavriki Belarusian: Маўры́кій Belarusian: Маўры́цы Bengali: মরিশাস Breton: Moris Bulgarian: Маври́ций Burmese: မောရစ်ရှ Catalan: Maurici Cherokee: ᎼᎵᏏᎥᏍ Chinese Mandarin: 毛里求斯 Chinese Mandarin: 模里西斯 Cornish: Enys Morris Corsican: Mauriziu Corsican: Mauritius Czech: Mauricius Danish: Mauritius Dobrujan Tatar: Múris Dutch: Mauritius Esperanto: Maŭricio Estonian: Mauritius Finnish: Mauritius French: Maurice West-Frisian: Mauritsius Galician: Mauricio Georgian: მავრიკი German: Mauritius Greek: Μαυρίκιος Hausa: Mauritius Hausa: Moris Hebrew: מאוריציוס Hindi: मॉरिशस Hungarian: Mauritius Interlingua: Mauritio Irish: Oileán Mhuirís Italian: Maurizio Italian: Mauritius Japanese: モーリシャス Kalenjin: Morisi Kazakh: Маврикий
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