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Seychelles

Syllabification: (Sey·chelles)
Pronunciation: /sāˈSHel(z) /
(also the Seychelles)
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Definition of Seychelles
  • a country that consists of a group of about 90 islands in the Indian Ocean, about 600 miles (1,000 km) northeast of Madagascar; population 87,500 (est. 2009); capital, Victoria; languages, French (official), English, and Creole.

The islands were uninhabited until the mid 18th century, when the French annexed them. The Seychelles were captured by Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and administered from Mauritius before becoming a separate colony in 1903 and an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1976

Derivatives

Seychellois

Pronunciation: /ˌsāSHelˈwä/
adjective & noun (plural same)

Seychelles in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Seychelles in the British & World English dictionary