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Mauritius

/məˈrɪʃəs

An island country in the Indian Ocean, about 850 km (550 miles) east of Madagascar; population 1,284,300 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), French Creole, Indian languages; capital, Port Louis.

Previously uninhabited, Mauritius was discovered by the Portuguese in the early 16th century. It was held by the Dutch 1598–1710 and then by the French until 1810, when it was ceded to Britain. Mauritius became independent as a member of the Commonwealth in 1968.

Origin

Named by the Dutch in honour of Prince Maurice of Nassau, a stadtholder of the United Provinces.

单词	Mauritius
释义	Mauritius /məˈrɪʃəs / An island country in the Indian Ocean, about 850 km (550 miles) east of Madagascar; population 1,284,300 (est. 2009); languages, English (official), French Creole, Indian languages; capital, Port Louis. Previously uninhabited, Mauritius was discovered by the Portuguese in the early 16th century. It was held by the Dutch 1598–1710 and then by the French until 1810, when it was ceded to Britain. Mauritius became independent as a member of the Commonwealth in 1968. Origin Named by the Dutch in honour of Prince Maurice of Nassau, a stadtholder of the United Provinces. Rhymes adventitious, Aloysius, ambitious, auspicious, avaricious, capricious, conspicuous, delicious, expeditious, factitious, fictitious, flagitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, meretricious, nutritious, officious, pernicious, propitious, repetitious, seditious, siliceous, superstitious, suppositious, surreptitious, suspicious, vicious
随便看	first polar first position first post first principles first prize first-rate first-rateness first-rater first reading first refusal First Republic first responder first resurrection first-round first run first school first secretary first sergeant firstship first shot first sight first-spear First State first stomach first strike

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