Mahé

British

/ 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)

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Mango House, LXR The 41-room boutique hotel on Mahé, the country’s largest island, occupies the former home of fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Most of the nation’s residents live on Mahé Island.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2023

The documents were similar to those found in Catholic churches and other places that had been vandalised in Mahé, Seychelles' largest island, prosecutors further alleged.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023

Police say the case is related to the discovery of two bodies exhumed from a cemetery on the island of Mahé.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2023

At last, upward of two hundred French ships met at St. Mahé in Brittany, and their crews rejoiced over the captures which they had obtained, and held a great carousal.

From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Charlotte Mary Yonge

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