Seychelles
pronunciation
How to pronounce Seychelles in British English:
UK [seiˈʃelz]
How to pronounce Seychelles in American English:
US [seˈʃɛl, -ˈʃɛlz]
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- Noun:
- a republic on the Seychelles islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1976
- a group of about 90 islands in the western Indian Ocean north of Madagascar
Word Origin
- Seychelles
- renamed 1756 in honor of French finance minister Jean Moreau de Séchelles; spelling altered 1794 by the English when they took the islands from France. Related: Seychellois.
Example
- 1. To the casual eye , seychelles seems both fortunate and well-governed .
- 2. The seychelles could see up to 10 percent more sea-level rise than the global average .
- 3. North of madagascar , off africa 's east coast , are the 115 islands of the seychelles .
- 4. A drop in winds north of the seychelles has seen pirates concentrating there in recent weeks , seizing ships from spain and singapore .
- 5. As well as killing the dinosaurs the impact was , he proposes , responsible for breaking the seychelles away from india .