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Mayotte

/maɪˈɒt/

Mayotte proper noun: an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.

Proper noun

Mayotte

  1. An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.
    • At least several hundred people are feared to have been killed after the worst cyclone in almost a century ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, uprooting trees, tearing houses apart and pounding the impoverished archipelago’s already weak infrastructure.2024 December 15, Sam Jones, “Hundreds feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Mayotte meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Arabic and Thai

Mayotte in Hindi

a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
मायोत māyot

Mayotte in Marathi

a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
मायोत māyot

Mayotte in Arabic

a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
مَايُوت mayūt

Mayotte in Thai

a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
มายอต maa-yɔ́t

Origin of Mayotte

From French Mayotte, from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”).

Words that rhyme with Mayotte

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Questions about Mayotte

What does Mayotte mean?
Mayotte means an archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.
What is Mayotte in Hindi?
Mayotte in Hindi is मायोत (māyot). See Mayotte meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Mayotte?
Mayotte is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Mayotte?
Mayotte is pronounced /maɪˈɒt/.

Words near Mayotte in the dictionary

  1. mayorship
  2. mayorships
  3. Mayoruna
  4. mayory
  5. mayos
  6. Mayotte
  7. mayour
  8. mayours
  9. Mayowe
  10. Mayowoman
  11. Mayowomen

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