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Mauritia

Mauritia proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Mauritia

  1. 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.

Origin of Mauritia

From Mauritius + -ia, from lying underneath Mauritius.

Questions about Mauritia

What does Mauritia mean?
Mauritia means 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.
What part of speech is Mauritia?
Mauritia is a proper noun.

Words near Mauritia in the dictionary

  1. Mauritania Caesariensis
  2. Mauritanian
  3. Mauritanian shortface eel
  4. Mauritanian shortface eels
  5. Mauritanians
  6. Mauritia
  7. Mauritian
  8. Mauritian Creole
  9. mauritianin
  10. Mauritianize
  11. Mauritianized

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