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Mauritius
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officially Republic of Mauritius, republic (1996 est. pop. 1,133,600), 790 sq mi (2,046 sq km), in the SW Indian Ocean. It is part of the Mascarene Island group, c.500 mi (800 km) E of Madagascar. The island of Rodriguez and two groups of small islands, Agalega and Cargados Carajos, are dependencies of Mauritius. The capital is Port Louis.—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. (Copyright © 2002-2008 Columbia University Press.)
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Pronunciation:  mô-r sh´ s, - -s from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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