词汇 | Mauritius |
释义 | Definition of Mauritius in English:Mauritiusproper nounməˈrɪʃəsmɔˈrɪʃəs
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 OriginNamed by the Dutch in honour of Prince Maurice of Nassau, a stadtholder of the United Provinces. Rhymesadventitious, 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 Definition of Mauritius in US English:Mauritiusproper nounmɔˈrɪʃəsmôˈriSHəs
OriginNamed by the Dutch in honor of Prince Maurice of Nassau, a stadtholder of the United Provinces. |
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