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Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- One of the official languages of Mauritius is Mauritian Creole.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Mauritian Creole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2001, Robert Chaudenson, Salikoko S. Mufwene, and Sheri Pargman, Creolization of Language and Culture (English edition of Robert Chaudenson, Des îles, des hommes, des langues), Routledge, →ISBN, page 47, Much later, Richardson (1963) posits a theory very similar to Jespersen’s, claiming that the [grammatical] system of Mauritian has resulted from the contact of very different systems (French, Malagasy, and Bantu), which allegedly could not merge together because of excessive heterogeneity, but neutralized each other instead.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
A person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Mauritanian tropical fish
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Mauritanian
Antonyms: none provided
a native or inhabitant of Mauritius
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal
Across languages
Translations
64 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
Mauritiaans
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Belarusian:
маўрыкі́йскі
(mawrykíjski)
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Belarusian:
маўрыцы́йскі
(mawrycýjski)
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Bengali:
মরিশাসীয়
(môriśasiẏô)
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Catalan:
mauricià
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Czech:
mauricijský
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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French:
mauricien
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Galician:
mauriciano
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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German:
mauritisch
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Greek:
μαυρικιανός
(mavrikianós)
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Haitian Creole:
morisyen
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Haitian Creole:
morisyèn
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Italian:
mauriziano
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Mauritian Creole:
morisien
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Mauritian Creole:
morisienn
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Norwegian Bokmål:
mauritisk
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
mauritisk
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Polish:
maurytyjski
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Romanian:
mauritian
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Russian:
маврики́йский
(mavrikíjskij)
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Spanish:
mauriciano
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Swahili:
Kimorisi
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Swedish:
mauritisk
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Ukrainian:
маврикі́йський
(mavrykíjsʹkyj)
— of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture
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Afrikaans:
Mauritiër
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Afrikaans:
Mauritiaan
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Bengali:
মরিশাসী
(môriśasī)
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Catalan:
mauricià
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Catalan:
mauriciana
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Corsican:
maurizianu
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Corsican:
mauriziana
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Czech:
Mauricijec
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Esperanto:
maŭrico
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Esperanto:
maŭricino
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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French:
Mauricien
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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French:
Mauricienne
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Galician:
mauriciano
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Galician:
mauriciana
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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German:
Mauritier
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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German:
Mauritierin
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Greek:
Μαυρικιανός
(Mavrikianós)
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Haitian Creole:
morisyen
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Haitian Creole:
morisyèn
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Italian:
mauriziano
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Italian:
mauriziana
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Mauritian Creole:
morisien
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Mauritian Creole:
morisienn
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Mauritian Creole:
morisyen
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Mauritian Creole:
morisyenn
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Norwegian Bokmål:
mauritier
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
mauritiar
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Occitan:
maurician
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Occitan:
mauriciana
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Polish:
Maurytyjczyk
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Polish:
Maurytyjka
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Romanian:
mauritian
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Romanian:
mauritiană
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Russian:
маврики́ец
(mavrikíjec)
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Russian:
маврики́йка
(mavrikíjka)
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Sardinian:
maurìtzianu
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Sardinian:
maurìtziana
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Spanish:
mauriciano
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Swahili:
Mmorisi
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
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Swedish:
mauritier
— person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent
