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Mahé

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small town in Mahé district in the union territory of Puducherry, India.
  2. 2
    The largest island of the Seychelles.
  3. 3
    A former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neighbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Mahé, named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern Mauritius).

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