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Mascarene Islands

Pronunciation: /ˌmaskəˈriːn/

(also the Mascarenes)
Definition of Mascarene Islands
  • a group of three islands in the western Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, comprising Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues.

Origin:

named after the 16th-century Portuguese navigator Pedro de Mascarenhas

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