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Mauritius (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 20 18 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -20.3000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 057 35 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 57.5833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Island nation in Indian Ocean; was known to Arab seafarers by 10th century; main island, Mauritius, was charted by Portuguese in 1505; was held by Dutch throughout 17th century, by French most of 18th century; ceded to British 1814 and held until independence; official language is English, though Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, and Bojpoori are also spoken. |
Names: |
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| Mauritius (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Mauritius (Vietnamese)
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| Mauritius (Indonesian)
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| Mauritius (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Mauritius (Danish)
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| Mauritius (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Mauritius (Finnish)
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| Mauritius (Swedish)
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| Mauritius (Polish)
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| Mauritius (Romanian)
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| Mauritius (Slovene)
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| Mauritius (Welsh)
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| Mauritius (German)
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| Mauritius (Low German)
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| Mauritius (Dutch)
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| Mauritius (Afrikaans)
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| Mauritius (Italian)
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| Mauritius (Estonian)
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| Mauritius (Greenlandic)
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| Mauritius (Turkish)
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| Mauritius (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Mauritius (Romansh)
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| Mauritius (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Mauritius (North Ndebele)
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| Mauritius (Norwegian)
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| Mauritius (Pampanga)
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| Mauritius (Northern Sami)
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| Mauritius (Shona)
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| Republic of Mauritius (C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| Maurice (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République de Maurice (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Mauricio (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Mauricio (Aragonese)
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| Mauricio (Galician)
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| República de Mauricio (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Maurício (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Маврикий (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Маврикий (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 毛里求斯 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 毛里求斯共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| مور ضٌ وَس (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً مور ضٌ وَس (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| MUS (C,O,ISO3L)
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| MU (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO480 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| MP (C,O,FIPS)
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| Mauritian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Île de France (C,U,French)
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| Île Maurice (C,U,French)
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| i-Mauritius (C,U,Zulu)
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| Isle de France (C,U)
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| Izinga rya Morise (C,U,Rundi)
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| Maorisy (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Máritíus (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Maulitiusi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Maurici (C,U,Catalan)
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| Maurici (Occitan)
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| Maurícia (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Maurīcija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Mauricijus (C,U,Croatian)
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| Mauricijus (Bosnian)
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| Mauricijus (Lithuanian)
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| Maŭricio (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Mauricio - Maurice (C,U,Galician)
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| Mauriciu (C,U,Asturian)
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| Maurícius (C,U,Slovak)
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| Mauricius (C,U,Bosnian)
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| Mauricius (Czech)
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| Maurico (C,U,Ido)
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| Maurițius (C,U,Romanian)
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| Maurisio (C,U,Ilocano)
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| Maurissi (C,U,Piemontese)
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| Maurisyo (C,U,Tagalog)
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| mauritiusdukɔ (C,U,Ewe)
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| Mauritiusi (C,U,Albanian)
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| Mauritsius (C,U,Western Frisian)
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| Maurizio (C,U,Basque)
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| Maurizio (Italian)
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| Mavritis (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Mawrisiws (C,U,Welsh)
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| Mawrizju (C,U,Maltese)
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| Mawulisyasi (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Moriis (C,U,Fulah)
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| Môris (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Moris (C,U,Breton)
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| Moris (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Morisɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Morise (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Moriseän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Morisi (C,U,Bambara)
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| Morisi (Kikuyu)
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| Morisi (Swahili (generic))
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| Mörîsi (C,U,Sangho)
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| Móritius (C,U,Faroese)
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| Moritus (C,U,Hausa)
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| Mô-ri-xơ (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Mɔrehyeɔs (C,U,Akan)
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| Murishiyoos (C,U,Somali)
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| Oileán Mhuirís (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Orílẹ́ède Maritiusi (C,U,Yoruba)
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| República de Maurício (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Ynys Morrys (C,U,Cornish)
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| モーリシャス (C,U,Japanese)
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| موریس (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| ម៉ូរីទុស (C,U,Khmer)
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| מאוריציוס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| موريشيوس (C,U,Arabic)
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| Маурицијус (C,U,Serbian)
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| ማሩሸስ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ማሩሸስ (Amharic)
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| มอริเชียส (C,U,Thai)
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| ประเทศมอริเชียส (C,U,Thai)
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| მავრიკი (C,U,Georgian)
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| ماوریتوس (C,U,Pashto)
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| Մավրիտոս (C,U,Armenian)
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| 모리셔스 (C,U,Korean)
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| मारिषस् (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| მავრიკია (C,U,Georgian)
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| Маврикій (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| मौरिस (C,U,Hindi)
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| Маврикия (C,U,Tajik)
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| মরিশাস (C,U,Bengali)
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| ماۋرىتىئۇس (C,U,Uyghur)
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| མོ་རི་ཤིཡསི (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| موريشوس (C,U,Arabic)
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| ມໍຣິຕຽດ (C,U,Lao)
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| मॉरिशस (C,U,Marathi)
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| मॉरिशस (Hindi)
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| മൌറീഷ്യസ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| Маврициус (C,U,Macedonian)
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| Мавриций (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| ሞሪሸስ (C,U,Amharic)
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| موریتیوس (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Μαυρίκιος (C,U,Greek)
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| मॉरिशिअस (C,U,Marathi)
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| མཽ་རིཤས྄། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| ಮಾರಿಶಿಯಸ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| මුරුසිය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ماریشس (C,U,Urdu)
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| ମୌରିସସ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| മൗറീഷ്യസ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| माउरिटस (C,U,Nepali)
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| మారిషస్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Маурициус (C,U,Macedonian)
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| মউরিশাস (C,U,Bengali)
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| மொரிசியஸ் (C,U,Tamil)
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| મોરિશિયસ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| Маўрыкій (C,U,Belarusian)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independent March 12, 1968 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| former territory/colony/dependent state (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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Dutch, 1598-1710; French, 1715-1810; British, 1814-1968 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1968 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
| ................ |
(World) [7029605] |
| ................ |
joined organization in 1968 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| République de Maurice.......... |
[VP] |
| ...................................... |
ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-07-28, III-41 |
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