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Mauritius

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English

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Etymology 1

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 Mauritius on Wikipedia
Mauritius on a globe.
Flag of Mauritius

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /məˈɹɪʃəs/, /məˈɹɪʃiəs/, /mɔːˈɹɪʃəs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (UK):(file)

Proper noun

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Mauritius

  2. A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
    • 2015 June 6, Catherine Bennett, “Oh, why don’t we boycott boycotts? They are pointless”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      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 live primates.
  4. The main island of the country of Mauritius.
Coordinate terms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → Japanese: モーリシャス (Mōrishasu)
Translations
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Etymology 2

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From Latin Mauricius.

Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. A male given name of historical usage, found e.g. in St. Mauritius.
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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar; capital: Port Louis)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Derived terms

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɑuˈritsijʏs/, /mɑuˈrisijʏs/
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Proper noun

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Mauritius n

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From Dutch Mauritius.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑu̯ritius/, [ˈmɑ̝u̯riˌt̪ius̠]
  • Rhymes: -ius
  • Syllabification(key): Mau‧ri‧ti‧us
  • Hyphenation(key): Mau‧ri‧ti‧us

Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Declension

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Inflection of Mauritius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative Mauritius —
genitive Mauritiuksen —
partitive Mauritiusta —
illative Mauritiukseen —
singular plural
nominative Mauritius —
accusative nom. Mauritius —
gen. Mauritiuksen
genitive Mauritiuksen —
partitive Mauritiusta —
inessive Mauritiuksessa —
elative Mauritiuksesta —
illative Mauritiukseen —
adessive Mauritiuksella —
ablative Mauritiukselta —
allative Mauritiukselle —
essive Mauritiuksena —
translative Mauritiukseksi —
abessive Mauritiuksetta —
instructive — —
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Mauritius (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mauritiukseni —
accusative nom. Mauritiukseni —
gen. Mauritiukseni
genitive Mauritiukseni —
partitive Mauritiustani —
inessive Mauritiuksessani —
elative Mauritiuksestani —
illative Mauritiukseeni —
adessive Mauritiuksellani —
ablative Mauritiukseltani —
allative Mauritiukselleni —
essive Mauritiuksenani —
translative Mauritiuksekseni —
abessive Mauritiuksettani —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Mauritiuksesi —
accusative nom. Mauritiuksesi —
gen. Mauritiuksesi
genitive Mauritiuksesi —
partitive Mauritiustasi —
inessive Mauritiuksessasi —
elative Mauritiuksestasi —
illative Mauritiukseesi —
adessive Mauritiuksellasi —
ablative Mauritiukseltasi —
allative Mauritiuksellesi —
essive Mauritiuksenasi —
translative Mauritiukseksesi —
abessive Mauritiuksettasi —
instructive — —
comitative — —
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Mauritiuksemme —
accusative nom. Mauritiuksemme —
gen. Mauritiuksemme
genitive Mauritiuksemme —
partitive Mauritiustamme —
inessive Mauritiuksessamme —
elative Mauritiuksestamme —
illative Mauritiukseemme —
adessive Mauritiuksellamme —
ablative Mauritiukseltamme —
allative Mauritiuksellemme —
essive Mauritiuksenamme —
translative Mauritiukseksemme —
abessive Mauritiuksettamme —
instructive — —
comitative — —
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Mauritiuksenne —
accusative nom. Mauritiuksenne —
gen. Mauritiuksenne
genitive Mauritiuksenne —
partitive Mauritiustanne —
inessive Mauritiuksessanne —
elative Mauritiuksestanne —
illative Mauritiukseenne —
adessive Mauritiuksellanne —
ablative Mauritiukseltanne —
allative Mauritiuksellenne —
essive Mauritiuksenanne —
translative Mauritiukseksenne —
abessive Mauritiuksettanne —
instructive — —
comitative — —
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Mauritiuksensa —
accusative nom. Mauritiuksensa —
gen. Mauritiuksensa
genitive Mauritiuksensa —
partitive Mauritiustaan
Mauritiustansa 		—
inessive Mauritiuksessaan
Mauritiuksessansa 		—
elative Mauritiuksestaan
Mauritiuksestansa 		—
illative Mauritiukseensa —
adessive Mauritiuksellaan
Mauritiuksellansa 		—
ablative Mauritiukseltaan
Mauritiukseltansa 		—
allative Mauritiukselleen
Mauritiuksellensa 		—
essive Mauritiuksenaan
Mauritiuksenansa 		—
translative Mauritiuksekseen
Mauritiukseksensa 		—
abessive Mauritiuksettaan
Mauritiuksettansa 		—
instructive — —
comitative — —

Derived terms

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /maʊ̯ˈriːtsi̯ʊs/, [maʊ̯ˈʁiː.t͡si̯.ʊs], [maʊ̯ˈʁiː.t͡sjʊs]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Proper noun

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Mauritius n (proper noun, genitive Mauritius' or (with an article) Mauritius)

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: Staaten Afrikas (appendix)edit

Hungarian

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 Mauritius on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒuriːt͡sijus]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧u‧ri‧ti‧us
  • Rhymes: -us

Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar; official name: Mauritiusi Köztársaság)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mauritius —
accusative Mauritiust —
dative Mauritiusnak —
instrumental Mauritiusszal —
causal-final Mauritiusért —
translative Mauritiusszá —
terminative Mauritiusig —
essive-formal Mauritiusként —
essive-modal — —
inessive Mauritiusban —
superessive Mauritiuson —
adessive Mauritiusnál —
illative Mauritiusba —
sublative Mauritiusra —
allative Mauritiushoz —
elative Mauritiusból —
delative Mauritiusról —
ablative Mauritiustól —
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Mauritiusé —
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Mauritiuséi —
Possessive forms of Mauritius
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Mauritiusom —
2nd person sing. Mauritiusod —
3rd person sing. Mauritiusa —
1st person plural Mauritiusunk —
2nd person plural Mauritiusotok —
3rd person plural Mauritiusuk —

Derived terms

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See also

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countries in Africa: Afrika országai (appendix)edit

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Noun

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Mauritius (plural Mauritius-Mauritius or para Mauritius)

  1. Mauritian

Adjective

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Mauritius (comparative lebih Mauritius, superlative paling Mauritius)

  1. Mauritian

See also

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countries in Africa: negara-negara di Afrika (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mauritius m

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Mauritius in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

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Etymology

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From Mauricius

Proper noun

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Mauritius m

  1. a male given name of historical usage, found e.g. in St. Mauritius.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)
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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mawˈri.tjus/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -itjus
  • Syllabification: Mau‧ri‧tius

Proper noun

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Mauritius m inan (related adjective maurytyjski)

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Declension

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Declension of Mauritius
singular
nominative Mauritius
genitive Mauritiusu
dative Mauritiusowi
accusative Mauritius
instrumental Mauritiusem
locative Mauritiusie
vocative Mauritiusie

Derived terms

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nouns

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countries in Africa: państwa Afryki (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Mauritius n (genitive Mauritius)

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)
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countries in Africa: Afrikas länder (appendix)edit

References

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Turkish

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Proper noun

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Mauritius

  1. Mauritius (a country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)
  2. Mauritius (the main island of the country of Mauritius)

Declension

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Declension of Mauritius
singular
nominative Mauritius
accusative Mauritius'u
dative Mauritius'a
locative Mauritius'ta
ablative Mauritius'tan
genitive Mauritius'nın
Possessive forms of Mauritius
singular plural
benim (my) Mauritius'ım Mauritiuslarım
senin (your) Mauritius'ın Mauritiusların
onun (his/her/its) Mauritius'ı Mauritiusları
bizim (our) Mauritius'ımız Mauritiuslarımız
sizin (your) Mauritius'ınız Mauritiuslarınız
onların (their) Mauritius'ı
Mauritiusları 		Mauritiusları

See also

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countries in Africa: Afrika ülkeleri (appendix)edit
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