Mascareneadj.

Brit.

/ˌmaskəˈriːn/,

/ˈmaskəriːn/, U.S.

/ˌmæskəˈrin/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mascarenhas.

Etymology: < the name of Pedro de Mascarenhas (c1484–1555), Portuguese navigator, to whom the discovery of the islands was attributed.

Of or relating to the islands of Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues (the Mascarene Islands) in the western Indian Ocean.

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1864 P. L. Sclater in Q. Jrnl. Sci. 1 219 In Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands we have existing relics of this great continent, for which as the original focus of the ‘Stirps Lemurum’, I should propose the name Lemuria!

1919 Jrnl. Ecol. 7 2 Similar changes in the history of the plant-world ought to be registered in the islands, large and small, of the Mascarene region.

1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. xi. 282 The original dry sod, untouched by fire, is composed exclusively of the old Mascarene Tertiary endemics.

1991 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 17 559 This..caused such shortages of rice in 1845–6 that Mascarene traders flocked to north east ports to sell provisions at high prices.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mascarene
释义	Mascareneadj. Brit. /ˌmaskəˈriːn/, /ˈmaskəriːn/, U.S. /ˌmæskəˈrin/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Mascarenhas. Etymology: < the name of Pedro de Mascarenhas (c1484–1555), Portuguese navigator, to whom the discovery of the islands was attributed. Of or relating to the islands of Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues (the Mascarene Islands) in the western Indian Ocean. ΚΠ 1864 P. L. Sclater in Q. Jrnl. Sci. 1 219 In Madagascar and the Mascarene Islands we have existing relics of this great continent, for which as the original focus of the ‘Stirps Lemurum’, I should propose the name Lemuria! 1919 Jrnl. Ecol. 7 2 Similar changes in the history of the plant-world ought to be registered in the islands, large and small, of the Mascarene region. 1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. xi. 282 The original dry sod, untouched by fire, is composed exclusively of the old Mascarene Tertiary endemics. 1991 Jrnl. Southern Afr. Stud. 17 559 This..caused such shortages of rice in 1845–6 that Mascarene traders flocked to north east ports to sell provisions at high prices. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1864
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