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Mauritius en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /məˈɹɪʃəs/
  • /məˈɹɪʃiəs/
  • /mɔːˈɹɪʃəs/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
    • 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. 2015 June 6, Catherine Bennett, “Oh, why don’t we boycott boycotts? They are pointless”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020:
  2. The main island of the country of Mauritius.

Coordinates

Countries of the world

Deriveds

Mauritius plum · Mauritia · Mauritian · Mauritius weed · Mauritius Time

Descendants

モーリシャス

Translations (116)

sw Morisi (country) · ja モーリシャス (country) · co Mauritius (country) · bo མའུ་རི་ཊིའུ་སུ (country) · ast Mauriciu (country) · eo Maŭricio (country) · pl Mauritius (country) · kln Morisi (country) · ha Mauritius (country) · fi Mauritius (island) · lt Mauricijus (island) · bn মরিশাস (country) · shn မိူင်းမေႃးရီႇသႃႇ (country) · luo Morisi (country) · fi Mauritius (country) · yo Maritiusi (country) · tr Mauritius (country) · fr Maurice (island) · cs Mauricius (country) · chr ᎼᎵᏏᎥᏍ (country) · nl Mauritius (country) · mt il-Mawrizju (country) · cy Mawrisiws (country) · lo ໂມຣິດ (country) · nb Mauritius (country) · pt Do-Cerne (island) · lv Maurīcija (country) · ug ماۋرىتىئۇس (country) · th มอริเชียส (country) · mk Маврициус (country) · fy Mauritsius (country) · el Μαυρίκιος (country) · hi मॉरिशस (country) · co Mauriziu (country) · luy Moriisi (country) · co isula di Mauriziu (island) · kk Маврикий (country) · ia Mauritio (country) · ka მავრიკი (country) · ky Маврикий (country) · sl Mauritius (country) · tl Mawrisyo (country) · bg Маври́ций (country) · tg Маврикия (country) · mn Маврикий (country) · mr मॉरिशस (country) · sk Maurícius (country) · nn Mauritius (country) · ko 모리셔스 (country) · he מאוריציוס (country) · si මොරිෂස් (country) · mer Morisi (country) · fr île Maurice (island) · my မောရစ်ရှ (country) · ga Oileán Mhuirís (island) · tk Mawrikiý (country) · it Maurizio (country) · be Маўры́кій (country) · sh Mauricijus (country) · nl Mauritius Eiland (island) · uk Маври́кій (country) · de Mauritius (country) · ru Маври́кий (island) · hu Mauritius (country) · oc Maurici (country) · vi Mô-ri-xơ (country) · ar مُورِيشْيُوس (country) · vo Moriseän (country) · ro Mauritius (country) · be Маўры́цы (country) · la Maurītia (country) · rsk Маурициюс (country) · ki Morisi (country) · et Mauritius (country) · ml മൗറീഷ്യസ് (country) · mfe Moris (country) · sl Mavricij (country) · gl Mauricio (country) · hy Մավրիկիոս (country) · ga Oileán Mhuirís (country) · fr Maurice (country) · km ម៉ូរីស (country) · uz Mavrikiy (country) · da Mauritius (country) · nrf Île Maurice (country) · ha Moris (country) · ms Mauritius (country) · it Mauritius (country) · ca Maurici (country) · am ሞሪሸስ (country) · ps موريشس (country) · cmn 模里西斯 (country) · aii ܡܵܘܪܝܼܣ (country) · mfe Moris (island) · lt Mauricijus (country) · it isola di Maurizio (island) · la Maurītius (country) · ru Маври́кий (country) · fa موریس (country) · bpy মরিশাস (country) · cmn 毛里求斯 (country) · cy Mauritius (country) · az Mavriki (country) · sh Маурицијус (country) · pt Maurícia (island) · af Mauritius (country) · br Moris (country) · es Mauricio (country) · ar موريتيوس (country) · sv Mauritius (country) · cmn 毛里求斯 (island) · crh Múris (country) · it isola di Mauritius (island) · ast Mauriciu (island) · pt Maurícia (country) · kw Enys Morris (country)

wikidata: Q2656389 · wikidata: Q1027 · wikipedia: Mauritius

Mauritius en · PROPN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Mauricius.

Meanings

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

Translations (6)

ru Мори́с (given name) · oc Maurise (given name) · fr Maurice (given name) · oc Maurici (given name) · ru Мо́рис (given name) · ru Маври́кий (given name)