Mauritius
/məˈɹɪʃəs/
Mauritius proper noun: a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
Proper noun (1)
Mauritius
- A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
- Not that violence against humans is essential for a region to become boycottworthy. On the ethical consumer website’s list of “progressive boycotts”, campaigners also argue for boycotts on Alaska (wolf-killing) and Canada (for seal-killing, seafood), on Japan (whales) and Mauritius for exporting...2015 June 6, Catherine Bennett, “Oh, why don’t we boycott boycotts? They are pointless”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020
- The main island of the country of Mauritius.
Proper noun (2)
Mauritius
- A male given name of historical usage, found e.g. in St. Mauritius.
Mauritius meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
Mauritius in Hindi
- country
- मॉरिशस mŏriśas
Mauritius in Tamil
- இது ஒரு நாடாகும்
Mauritius in Marathi
- country
- मॉरिशस mŏriśas
Mauritius in Bengali
- country
- মরিশাস moriśaś
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- Mauritius in Malayalam
- മൗറീഷ്യസ് mauṟīṣyasŭ
- Mauritius in Kannada
- ಮಾರಿಷ್ಯಸ್
- Mauritius in Sinhala
- මොරිෂස් moriṣas
- Mauritius in Pashto
- موريشس mōrīšəs
- Mauritius in Tagalog
- Mawrisyo
- Mauritius in Arabic
- مُورِيشْيُوس murišyūs, موريتيوس mūrītyūs
- Mauritius in Malay
- Mauritius
- Mauritius in Persian
- موریس moris
- Mauritius in Thai
- มอริเชียส mɔɔ-rí-chíias
- Mauritius in Vietnamese
- Mô-ri-xơ
- Mauritius in Myanmar
- မောရစ်ရှ mau:rachra.
Origin of Mauritius
From Latin Mauritius (“Morris”), a Latinized form of the name Dutch Maurits. Named after Prince of Orange Maurits van Nassau.
Borrowed from Latin Mauricius.
Words formed from Mauritius
Phrases with Mauritius
Questions about Mauritius
- What does Mauritius mean?
- Mauritius means a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
- What is Mauritius in Hindi?
- Mauritius in Hindi is मॉरिशस (mŏriśas). See Mauritius meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Mauritius?
- Mauritius is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Mauritius?
- Mauritius is pronounced /məˈɹɪʃəs/.
Words near Mauritius in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Mauritius (page history and authors); Mauritius (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Mauritius (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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