Chagossian

American  

[chah gohs-ee-uhn] / tʃɑ ˈgoʊs i ən /

noun

• Chagossians
  plural

1. an indigenous inhabitant of the Chagos Archipelago, whose population was deported from the islands in the 1960s and 1970s.

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adjective

1. relating to the indigenous inhabitants of the Chagos Archipelago, whose population was deported from the islands in the 1960s and 1970s.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Chagossians
  plural

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Example Sentences

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The deal has also not gone down well with many people of Chagossian descent, who were granted the right to claim British citizenship in 2022.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Then there’s the small matter of the Chagossian people, who have never been consulted on any of this.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

As British citizens, people of Chagossian descent are entitled to the same support as any other homeless person with a UK passport.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

The deal includes a £40m trust fund to support Chagossians, a component that the UN panel also questioned would "comply with the right of the Chagossian people to effective remedy... and prompt reparation".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

Shadow Foreign Secretary Dame Priti Patel said the Conservatives "have been warning from the start that this deal is bad for British taxpayers and bad for the Chagossian people".

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025

Some Chagossians ended up in Seychelles, and a few dozen in the U.K. or Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

Chagossians, evicted from the Indian Ocean islands in the 1960s and 1970s, are left in limbo by the stalled agreement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The following year, Britain and the U.S. agreed to build a military base on Diego Garcia, a slender, open-jawed island, and the two governments began plotting the expulsion of the Chagossians from the entire archipelago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

The lawyers supporting the Chagossians said they were prepared to go to court if the removal orders were not dropped.

From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026

Negotiations between 1971 and 1982 resulted in the establishment of a trust fund by the British Government as compensation for the displaced islanders, known as Chagossians.

From The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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