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Definition of Mauritian

1. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Mauritius.

2. Adjective. Of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants. "Mauritanian tropical fish"

Definition of Mauritian

1. Adjective. Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritius, its people, or their language or culture. ¹

2. Noun. A person from Mauritius or of Mauritian descent. ¹

3. Proper noun. Mauritian Creole. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Mauritian Pictures

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mauritian

Maurice Utrillo Maurice Wilkins Maurice de Vlaminck Mauriceau Mauriceau's manoeuvre Mauriceau-Levret manoeuvre Maurician Maurism Maurist Maurists

Mauritania Mauritanian Mauritanian monetary unit Mauritanians Mauritanie Mauritian Mauritian Creole Mauritian monetary unit Mauritian rupee Mauritians

Mauritius Maurois Mauser Mauthner Mauthner's cell Mauthner's sheath Mauthner's test Mauthner neuron Mavis Mavors

Literary usage of Mauritian

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1. The Politics of Trade and Industrial Policy in Africa: Forced Consensus? by Charles Chukwuma Soludo, Michael Osita Ogbu, Ha-Joon Chang (2004)
"The majority of mauritian sugar is exported to the EU at guaranteed prices. ... In the light of this, it is clear that the mauritian industrial sector is ..."

2. A Narrative of a Visit to the Mauritius and South Africa by James Backhouse (1844)
"A. ISLANDS belonging to the mauritian GOVERNMENT, with their GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS, SIZE and POPULATION, taken chiefly from the "Almanach de 1' Maurice," ..."

3. The Mauritius Register: Historical, Official & Commercial, Corrected to the by T. E. Palmer, G. T. Bradshaw, G. Clark (1859)
"The greatest, if not the only deficiency in the charm of a mauritian landscape, is the absence of that melody with which the feathered choristers of Europe ..."

4. The Cidaridae by Hubert Lyman Clark (1907)
"The only difference that can be detected between mauritian and Hawaiian specimens is that, in the latter, ..."

5. The Bedoons of Kuwait: "citizens Without Citizenship" by Human Rights Watch/Middle East, Aziz Abu-Habad (1995)
"When twenty mauritian women challenged their country's immigration and deportation ... Under the mauritian laws being challenged, an alien husband of a ..."

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