ADJECTIVE
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of or related to the island or country of Mauritius or its inhabitants
Mauritanian tropical fish
NOUN
- a native or inhabitant of Mauritius
How To Use Mauritian In A Sentence
- The use of fine-mesh dragnets by fishing crews, despite a ban by the Mauritian government, has caused huge damage to the barrier reef, and the banks of living coral that protect the entire coastline are dying.
- Mauritians are also partial to a snack, sold by streetside vendors who cook up on charcoal braziers, fanning the flames with a flourish - another excellent exposure to the outdoor life.
- The Mauritians loved it though, encouraging us as we scooted along the country roads.
- African breadnut (8); Zizyphus mauritiana, Indian jujube (8). 12: Seeds and germplasm
- He drives his Landrover (well, not actually his Landrover, but the Landrover of anyone foolhardy enough to lend him one) with what can only be described as pizzazz along Mauritian roads that were built with something less than pizzazz in mind. Last Chance to See
- The open woodland is mostly babul with a small amount of kandi Prosopis spicigera and ber Zizyphus mauritiana. Keoladeo (Bharatpur) National Park, India
- Mauritians are also partial to a snack, sold by streetside vendors who cook up on charcoal braziers, fanning the flames with a flourish - another excellent exposure to the outdoor life.
- A typical Mauritian dinner might have Indian chicken curry, Chinese pork, British roast beef and French-style vegetables.
- Scrub vegetation consists of low trees such as Acacia nilotica, Prosopis cineraria, P. juliflora, Tamrix aphylla, Zizyphus mauritiana, Capparis decidua, and shrubs such as Calligonum polygonoides, Calotropis spp., Thar desert
- The example that comes to mind is the Mauritian writer, Ananda Devi, whose work I championed when I was on Gallimard's panel of readers. Their response was that her manuscript was not exotic enough!