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English

Mauritia

From Mauritius + -ia, from lying underneath Mauritius.

Formed from Mauritius + -ia

Latin Mauritius ‘Morris’

English Mauritius

Today it means

name A former microcontinent that once formed the landbridge between the subcontinents of Madagascar and India, which was subducted under the African plate, and now partly lie under the region of Mauritius.

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

Etymograph / Mauritia