Mauritia

Translingual

Proper noun

Mauritia

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Arecaceae – certain fan palms.

English

Etymology

From Mauritius +‎ -ia. From lying underneath Mauritius

Proper noun

Mauritia

  1. 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.

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Maurītia f sg (genitive Maurītiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Mauritius (an island and country in East Africa in the Indian Ocean)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Maurītia
genitive Maurītiae
dative Maurītiae
accusative Maurītiam
ablative Maurītiā
vocative Maurītia
locative Maurītiae
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