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Port Louis

American  
[loo-is, loo-ee] / ˈlu ɪs, ˈlu i /

noun

  1. a seaport in and the capital of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, E of Madagascar.


Port Louis British  
/ ˈluːɪ, ˈluːɪs /

noun

  1. the capital and chief port of Mauritius, on the NW coast on the Indian Ocean. Pop: 146 876 (2002 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 talks set to take place next week will be held in the capital of Mauritius, Port Louis.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Roads in the Mauritius capital, Port Louis, and elsewhere turned into raging rivers on Monday as Belal brought torrential rains and high winds.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

The captain, Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar, and the first officer, Subodha Tilakaratna, entered their pleas Monday in a hearing at the Intermediate Court in the capital, Port Louis, according to Mr. Tilakaratna’s lawyer.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2021

In 1843, the editor of Le Cerneen, the oldest newspaper in the colony, was prosecuted, fined and imprisoned for publishing a defamatory article against the magistrate of Port Louis.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 by Various

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