MAURITIUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius

Synonyms:

Mauritius; Republic of Mauritius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

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)