Mauritia

The English word “Mauritia” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

A former microcontinent that once formed the landbridge between the subcontinents of Madagascar and India, which was subducted under the African plate, and now partly lie under the region of Mauritius.

From Mauritius + -ia, from lying underneath Mauritius.

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