Meanings
Mauritius1
- A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar. Official name: Republic of Mauritius.
1 more example
Not that violence against humans is essential for a region to become boycottworthy. On the ethical consumer website’s list of “progressive boycotts”, campaigners also argue for boycotts on Alaska (wolf-killing) and Canada (for seal-killing, seafood), on Japan (whales) and Mauritius for exporting live primates.
2015 June 6, Catherine Bennett, “Oh, why don’t we boycott boycotts? They are pointless”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2020
Mauritius2
- A male given name of historical usage, found e.g. in St. Mauritius.
Origin
Mauritius · proper noun
- DutchMaurits
- LatinMauritius“Morris”
- EnglishMauritius
From Latin Mauritius (“Morris”), a Latinized form of the name Dutch Maurits. Named after Prince of Orange Maurits van Nassau.
Full word history & related roots →Mauritius · proper noun
- LatinMauricius
- LatinMauricius
- EnglishMauritius
Borrowed from Latin Mauricius.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Arabic مُورِيشْيُوس, موريتيوس
- مُورِيشْيُوس (murišyūs)country
- موريتيوس (mūrītyūs)country
Bengali মরিশাস
- মরিশাস (moriśaś)country
Bulgarian Маври́ций
- Маври́ций (Mavrícij)country
Catalan Maurici
- Mauricicountry
Chinese Mandarin 毛里求斯, 毛里求斯
- 毛里求斯 (Máolǐqiúsī)island
- 毛里求斯 (Máolǐqiúsī)country
- 模里西斯 (Mólǐxīsī)country
Czech Mauricius
- Mauriciuscountry
Danish Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Dutch Mauritius Eiland, Mauritius
- Mauritius Eilandisland
- Mauritiuscountry
Esperanto Maŭricio
- Maŭriciocountry
Estonian Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Finnish Mauritius, Mauritius
- Mauritiusisland
- Mauritiuscountry
French île Maurice, Maurice
- île Mauriceisland
- Mauriceisland
- Mauricecountry
- Mauricegiven name
German Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Greek Μαυρίκιος
- Μαυρίκιος (Mavríkios)country
Hebrew מאוריציוס
- מאוריציוס (ma'uritsius)country
Hindi मॉरिशस
- मॉरिशस (mŏriśas)country
Hungarian Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Irish Oileán Mhuirís, Oileán Mhuirís
- Oileán Mhuirísisland
- Oileán Mhuiríscountry
Italian isola di Maurizio, isola di Mauritius
- isola di Maurizioisland
- isola di Mauritiusisland
- Mauriziocountry
- Mauritiuscountry
Japanese モーリシャス
- モーリシャス (mōrishasu)country
Korean 모리셔스
- 모리셔스 (Morisyeoseu)country
Latin Maurītia, Maurītius
- Maurītiacountry
- Maurītiuscountry
Latvian Maurīcija
- Maurīcijacountry
Lithuanian Mauricijus, Mauricijus
- Mauricijusisland
- Mauricijuscountry
Malay Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Norwegian Bokmål Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Persian موریس
- موریس (moris)country
Polish Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Portuguese Maurícia, Do-Cerne
- Mauríciaisland
- Do-Cerneisland
- Mauríciacountry
Romanian Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Russian Маври́кий, Маври́кий
- Маври́кий (Mavríkij)island
- Маври́кий (Mavríkij)country
- Маври́кий (Mavríkij)given name
- Мори́с (Morís)given name
- Мо́рис (Móris)given name
Slovak Maurícius
- Mauríciuscountry
Spanish Mauricio
- Mauriciocountry
Swahili Morisi
- Morisicountry
Swedish Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Tagalog Mawrisyo
- Mawrisyocountry
Thai มอริเชียส
- มอริเชียส (mɔɔ-rí-chíias)country
Turkish Mauritius
- Mauritiuscountry
Ukrainian Маври́кій
- Маври́кій (Mavrýkij)country
Vietnamese Mô-ri-xơ
- Mô-ri-xơcountry
Welsh Mauritius, Mawrisiws
- Mauritiuscountry
- Mawrisiwscountry
Cite this entry
Mauritius. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauritius
“Mauritius.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauritius. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mauritius,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mauritius.
Source: Mauritius on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.