mauritius

Other forms of mauritius

plural

mauritiuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mauritius

What does mauritius mean?

mauritius means "a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mauritius?

mauritius has 4 syllables: ma-ur-i-tius. The stress falls on "ur". In IPA it is /mɔˈɹɪtiəs/.

What is another word for mauritius?

Close synonyms include Republic of Mauritius. 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 mauritius a common word?

mauritius is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.