Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mahé

/mˈeɪhi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: ma-he
IPA: /mˈeɪhi/

8

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

name

A former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neighbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India.

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The largest island of the Seychelles.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.

Word Breakdown

Root: മയ്യഴി

Inflected Forms

Mahe (alternative)

Synonyms

Mayyazhi

Questions

How do you pronounce mahé?: The recorded pronunciation is /mˈeɪhi/.
What does mahé mean?: A small town in Mahé district in the union territory of Puducherry, India.
Where does mahé come from?: Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.

How to pronounce mahé

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