Mahé

See also: mähe

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.

Proper noun

Mahé

1. A small town in Mahé district, in the union territory of Puducherry, India.
2. A former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India.

Synonyms

• Mayyazhi

Translations

town

• Bengali: মাহে (mahe)
• Bishnupriya Manipuri: মাহে
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬埃 / 马埃 (mǎ'āi)

• French: Mahé (fr)
• Gujarati: માહે (māhe)
• Hindi: माहे (māhe)
• Japanese: マーヒ (māhi)
• Kannada: ಮಾಹೆ (kn) (māhe)
• Malayalam: മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi)
• Marathi: माहे (māhe)
• Newar: माहे (māhe)
• Sanskrit: माहे (māhe)
• Tamil: மாகே (mākē), மய்யழி (mayyaḻi)
• Telugu: మా‌హె (mā‌he)
• Urdu: ماہے (māhe)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French Mahé, named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern Mauritius).

Proper noun

Mahé

1. The largest island of the Seychelles.

Translations

island

• French: Mahé (fr)

Anagrams

• HEMA, Hema, ah me, ahem, haem, haem-, hame, heam, hæm-

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.e/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malayalam മയ്യഴി (mayyaḻi), the name given to the local river and region.

Alternative forms

• Mahi, Maïhi

Proper noun

Mahé ?

1. Mahé (a small town in Mahé district, in the union territory of Puducherry, India)
2. Mahé (former French enclave comprising the town of Mahé and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India)

Descendants

• → English: Mahé

Etymology 2

Named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern Mauritius).

Proper noun

Mahé ?

1. Mahé (the largest island of the Seychelles)