Mahé
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[edit] French
[edit] Etymology 1
Renamed after her nearly homonymous French conqueror Mahé de le Bourdonnais (after whom the Seychelles, compare 2, were once named Îles de La Bourdonnais)
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Mahé
- Mahe, a city in Malabar, on the west coast of Deccan (India)
- The French overseas enclave comprising it and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Proper noun
Mahé
- The main island of the Seychelles
- Its (former? renamed Victoria?) capital city
