Mahé

/ mɑːˈheɪ /

noun

an island in the Indian Ocean, the chief island of the Seychelles. Capital: Victoria. Pop: 71 900 (2002 est). Area: 147 sq km (57 sq miles)

One of them, Mahé, was claimed by Haidar as tributary to him, and its capture afforded him a pretext for making war on us.

At three o'clock in the afternoon we anchored at Mahé, the chief island of the Seychelle Group.

A few have been introduced into Mahé, and great care is now being taken in order to promote their extension.

The pair at Mahé were male and female, and weighed respectively about four hundred and five hundred pounds.

The rock about Port Mahé is a syenitic granite, in which the mica of ordinary granite is replaced by hornblende.

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