Mahé
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See also: mähe
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.
Proper noun[edit]
Mahé
- A small town in Mahé district, in the union territory of Puducherry, India.
- A former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
town
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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French Mahé, named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern Mauritius).
Proper noun[edit]
Mahé
- The largest island of the Seychelles.
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.
Alternative forms[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Mahé ?
- Mahé (a small town in Mahé district, in the union territory of Puducherry, India)
- Mahé (former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India)
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Mahé
Etymology 2[edit]
Named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern Mauritius).
Proper noun[edit]
Mahé ?
- Mahé (the largest island of the Seychelles)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Malayalam
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms spelled with É
- English terms spelled with ◌́
- en:Towns in Puducherry
- en:Towns in India
- en:Places in Puducherry
- en:Places in India
- en:Islands
- en:Places in Seychelles
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms borrowed from Malayalam
- French terms derived from Malayalam
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- fr:Towns in Puducherry
- fr:Towns in India
- fr:Places in Puducherry
- fr:Places in India
- fr:Islands
- fr:Places in Seychelles