Mahé

See also: mähe

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.e/

Etymology 1

Renamed after her nearly homonymous French conqueror Mahé de le Bourdonnais (after whom the Seychelles, compare 2, were once named Îles de La Bourdonnais)

Alternative forms
  • Mahi
  • Maïhi

Proper noun

Mahé

  1. Mahe, a city in Malabar, on the west coast of Deccan (India)
  2. The French overseas enclave comprising it and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Mahé

  1. The main island of the Seychelles
  2. Its (former? renamed Victoria?) capital city
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