Mayotte

M3A1Y4O1T1T1E1
/maɪˈɒt/

proper noun

An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.

OriginFrench Mayotte ← Arabic مَيِّت →
CommonScrabble 12
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An archipelago, overseas department, and administrative region of France, formerly an overseas territorial collectivity, located between Africa's mainland and Madagascar.

    At least several hundred people are feared to have been killed after the worst cyclone in almost a century ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Saturday, uprooting trees, tearing houses apart and pounding the impoverished archipelago’s already weak infrastructure.

    2024 December 15, Sam Jones, “Hundreds feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
maore

Origin

  1. Arabicمَيِّت“dead”
  2. FrenchMayotte
  3. EnglishMayotte

From French Mayotte, from Arabic مَيِّت (mayyit, “dead”).

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Translations

Afrikaans Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Arabic مَايُوت
  • مَايُوت (mayūt)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Chinese Mandarin 馬約特 /马约特
  • 馬約特 /马约特 (Mǎyuētè)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Czech Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Danish Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Dutch Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Esperanto Majoto
  • Majotoa territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Estonian Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Finnish Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
French Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
German Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Greek Μαγιότ
  • Μαγιότ (Magiót)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Hindi मायोत
  • मायोत (māyot)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Hungarian Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Italian Mayotte, Maiotta
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
  • Maiottaa territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Japanese マヨット
  • マヨット (Mayotto)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Korean 마요트
  • 마요트 (Mayoteu)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Latin Maiota
  • Maiotaa territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Latvian Majota
  • Majotaa territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Lithuanian Majòtas
  • Majòtasa territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Māori Maiota
  • Maiotaa territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Polish Majotta
  • Majottaa territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Portuguese Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Romanian Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Russian Майо́тта
  • Майо́тта (Majótta)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Spanish Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Swahili Maore
  • Maorea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Swedish Mayotte
  • Mayottea territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Thai มายอต
  • มายอต (maa-yɔ́t)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte
Ukrainian Майо́тта
  • Майо́тта (Majótta)a territorial collectivity of Mayotte

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Mayotte

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Cite this entry
APA

Mayotte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayotte

MLA

“Mayotte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayotte. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mayotte,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mayotte.

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