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mauritia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mau-ri-tia
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Etymology

From Mauritius + -ia, from lying underneath Mauritius.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does mauritia mean?
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.
Where does mauritia come from?
From Mauritius + -ia, from lying underneath Mauritius.

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