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1. ((used with a pl. v.)) Seychelles
a republic consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, NE of Madagascar: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 79,164; 176 sq. mi. (455 sq. km).
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Seychelles, Republic of Seychelles
a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
2. (noun) Seychelles, Seychelles islands
a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean to the north of Madagascar
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Seychelles
a group of some 30 islands, largest Mahé (59 sq. m.), situated in the Indian Ocean, 600 m. NE. of Madagascar; taken from the French by Britain in 1798, and now under the governor of Mauritius; are mountainous and mostly surrounded by coral reefs; export fibres, nuts, palm-oil, &c.; Victoria, in Mahé, is the chief town, and an imperial coaling station.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Seychelles
A group of Indian Ocean Islands, east of Tanzania. Their capital is Victoria. They were first claimed by the French in 1744 but taken by the English in 1794 and made a dependency of MAURITIUS in 1810. They became a crown colony in 1903 and a republic within the Commonwealth in 1976. They were named for the French finance minister, Jean Moreau de Sechelles, but respelled by the English in 1794. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p1102 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p496)
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