mauritian
Britishadjective
noun
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Britain would hand the islands to Mauritius, and pay an average of $135 million annually to lease the Diego Garcia base and contribute to trust funds for the Chagossians and Mauritian development.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
In recent years, the Mauritian government successfully petitioned international bodies to pressure the U.K. government to give them the Chagos.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
The State Department said it would hold three days of talks next week in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on the strategic base at Diego Garcia.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
The agreement was welcomed by Mauritian Attorney General Gavin Glover who told the BBC in May: "Our country is elated that this 60-year struggle is finally over."
From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025
In the Bourbon species the female appears to have partially retained an immature condition of plumage, for at first sight she “might be taken for the young of the Mauritian species.”
From The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Volume II (1st Edition) by Darwin, Charles
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