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Mahé

Mahé comes from French Mahé, and goes back to Malayalam മയ്യഴി.

  1. Malayalammodernമയ്യഴിmayyaḻi
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentMahé
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Malayalammodernമയ്യഴിmayyaḻi
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentMahé
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Malayalam മയ്യഴി

Another origin of Mahé

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentMahé
  2. Englishtodaysame form

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

Today it means

name A small town in Mahé district in the union territory of Puducherry, India.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Malayalam മയ്യഴി / Mahé

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