MAURITIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mauritius mean? 

• MAURITIUS (noun)
  The noun MAURITIUS has 2 senses:

1. a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius

2. an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean

  Familiarity information: MAURITIUS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAURITIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Mauritius; Republic of Mauritius

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Mauritius"):

Port Louis (capital and chief port of Mauritius; located on the northwestern coast of the island)

Meronyms (members of "Mauritius"):

Mauritian (a native or inhabitant of Mauritius)

Holonyms ("Mauritius" is a part of...):

Mauritius (an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean)

Derivation:

Mauritian (of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An island in the southwestern Indian Ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Mauritius"):

Mauritius; Republic of Mauritius (a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius)

Holonyms ("Mauritius" is a part of...):

Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)

Derivation:

Mauritian (of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants)

 Context examples 

We passed the Straits and worked up to the Azores, where we fell in with the La Sabina from the Mauritius with sugar and spices.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The highest mortality rates from asthma were recorded in Thailand, Mauritius, Fiji, the Philippines and South Africa.

(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)

Mr. Fowler and Miss Rucastle were married, by special license, in Southampton the day after their flight, and he is now the holder of a government appointment in the island of Mauritius.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The macaque, Macaca fascicularis, which originates from Mauritius.

(Cynomolgus Maritius Monkey, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)