Seychelles

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English

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Seychelles on a globe.

Etymology

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After French official and politician Jean Moreau de Séchelles.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seɪˈʃɛlz/, /seɪˈʃɛl/, /ˈseɪʃɛlz/, /ˈseɪʃɛl/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛlz, -ɛl

Proper noun

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the Seychelles

  1. An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

Usage notes

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Treated as singular or plural. The presence of the definite article also varies, though "the Seychelles" is more common.[1]

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: セイシェル (Seisheru)

Translations

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020) “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

Further reading

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Central Nahuatl

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Proper noun

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Seychelles

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

French

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Seychelles f pl (plural only)

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Proper noun

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Seychelles f pl (plural only)

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.liʃ/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.liʃ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.les/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.les]
 

Proper noun

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Seychelles f pl

  1. Alternative spelling of Seicheles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /seiˈt͡ʃeles/ [sei̯ˈt͡ʃe.les]
  • Rhymes: -eles
  • Syllabification: Sey‧che‧lles

Proper noun

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Seychelles f

  1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms

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