mauritian

Questions about mauritian

What does mauritian mean?

mauritian means "a native or inhabitant of Mauritius". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mauritian?

mauritian has 4 syllables and divides as ma-u-ri-tian under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for mauritian?

Close synonyms include Mauritanian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mauritian a common word?

mauritian is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.