Comoros

//ˈkɒm.ə.ɹoʊz// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa. Official name: Union of the Comoros.
  2. 2
    An archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte.

Etymology

Likely borrowed via French Comores, from Arabic جُزُر الْقُمُر (juzur al-qumur).

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