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mascarene

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
mas-carene
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or relating to, the Mascarene Islands

noun

Someone from the Mascarene Islands.

Etymology

From the name of Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas.

Inflected Forms

Mascarenes (plural)

Phrases

Mascarene black petrel Mascarene coot Mascarene crow Mascarene frog Mascarene grass frog Mascarene martin Mascarene owl Mascarene paradise-flycatcher

Questions

What does mascarene mean?
Of, from, or relating to, the Mascarene Islands
Where does mascarene come from?
From the name of Portuguese navigator Pedro Mascarenhas.

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