Seychelles

English

Seychelles on a globe.

Etymology

After French official and politician Jean Moreau de Séchelles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɪˈʃɛlz/, /seɪˈʃɛl/, /ˈseɪʃɛlz/, /ˈseɪʃɛl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛlz, -ɛl

Proper noun

the Seychelles

2. An archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean. Official name: Republic of Seychelles.

Usage notes

Treated as singular or plural. The presence of the definite article also varies, though "the Seychelles" is more common.

Hypernyms

• Subsahara

Derived terms

• Seychelles Time
• Seychellois
• Seyche

Descendants

• → Japanese: セイシェル (Seisheru)

Translations

country in East Africa

• Afrikaans: Seychelle
• Amharic: ሲሸልስ (sišäls)
• Arabic: سِيشِيل m (sišīl), سيشل f (sēšil)

  Hijazi Arabic: سِيشِل f (sēšil)

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: Сейшэ́лы f pl (Sjejšély), Сейшэ́льскія астравы́ m pl (Sjejšélʹskija astravý), Сэйшэ́лы f pl (Sejšély), Сэйшэ́льскія астравы́ m pl (Sejšélʹskija astravý)
• Bengali: সেশেল (bn) (śeśel)
• Breton: Sechelez
• Bulgarian: Сейше́ли (bg) m pl (Sejšéli)
• Burmese: ဆေးရှဲ (hce:hrai:)
• Catalan: Seychelles (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 塞舌爾 / 塞舌尔 (zh) (Sàishé'ěr)

• Czech: Seychely (cs) pl
• Danish: Seychellerne pl
• Dutch: Seychellen (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Sejŝeloj (eo) pl
• Farefare: Seesello pl
• Finnish: Seychellit (fi)
• French: Seychelles (fr) f pl
• Galician: Seixeles (gl) f pl
• Georgian: სეიშელის კუნძულები (ka) (seišelis ḳunʒulebi)
• German: Seychellen (de) pl
• Greek: Σεϋχέλλες (el) f pl (Seÿchélles)
• Hebrew: סֵיְשֶׁל / סיישל (seyshel)
• Hindi: सेशेल्स (hi) (seśels)
• Hungarian: Seychelle-szigetek (hu)
• Interlingua: Seychelles
• Irish: Na Séiséil m or pl, Poblacht na Séiséal f
• Italian: Seychelles (it) f pl, Seicelle (it) f pl
• Japanese: セイシェル (ja) (Seisheru), セーシェル (ja) (Sēsheru)
• Kalenjin: Shelisheli
• Kamba: Shelisheli
• Kazakh: Сейшель аралдары (kk) (Seişel araldary)
• Khmer: សេសែល (seesael)
• Kikuyu: Shelisheli
• Korean: 세이셸 (ko) (Seisyel), 세이쉘 (ko) (Seiswel) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Сейшел аралдары (Seyşel araldarı)
• Latvian: Seišelas f pl
• Lithuanian: Seišeliai (lt) m pl
• Luhya: Bushelisheli
• Luo: sishel
• Macedonian: Сејшели m pl (Sejšeli)
• Malay: Seychelles (ms)
• Maltese: is-Sejxell
• Maori: Heikere
• Meru: ushelisheli
• Navajo: Seishel
• Norman: Seychelles f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Seychellene (no)

  Nynorsk: Seychellane (nn)

• Persian: سیشل (seyšel)
• Polish: Seszele (pl)
• Portuguese: Seicheles (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Seychelles (ro), Seișele
• Russian: Сейше́лы (ru) f pl (Sejšély), Сейше́льские острова́ m pl (Sejšélʹskije ostrová)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сејшели m pl

  Roman: Sejšeli (sh) m pl

• Seychellois Creole: Sesel
• Sinhalese: සීෂෙල්ස් (sīṣels)
• Slovak: Seychely pl
• Slovene: Sejšéli (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Seychelles (es) f pl
• Swahili: Shelisheli (sw)
• Swedish: Seychellerna (sv) pl
• Tagalog: Seysyels
• Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Сейшел (Jaziraho-yi Seyšel), Сейшел (Seyšel)
• Thai: เซเชลส์ (th) (see-cheel)
• Turkish: Seyşeller (tr) pl
• Ukrainian: Сейше́ли f pl (Sejšély), Сейше́льські Острови́ m pl (Sejšélʹsʹki Ostrový)
• Vietnamese: Xây-sen
• West Frisian: Seysjellen pl
• Yoruba: Seṣẹlẹsi

See also

• Countries of the world
• countries of Africa (appendix)edit

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Western Sahara
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Further reading

• Seychelles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Seychelles on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• Seychelles on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
• Category:Seychelles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Seychelles

1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se.ʃɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)

1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms

• Seychellois
• seychellois

Italian

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)

1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.liʃ/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.liʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /se(j)ˈʃɛ.les/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.les]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈt͡ʃɛ.lɨʃ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /sejˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /seˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/

Proper noun

Seychelles f pl

1. Alternative spelling of Seicheles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seiˈt͡ʃeles/ [sei̯ˈt͡ʃe.les]
• Rhymes: -eles
• Syllabification: Sey‧che‧lles

Proper noun

Seychelles f

1. Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms

• seychellense

Welsh

Proper noun

y Seychelles pl

1. the Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

Coordinate terms

• countries of Africa: gwledydd Affrica (appendix)edit

  • Angola
  • Algeria
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Bwrcina Ffaso
  • Bwrwndi
  • Cabo Verde
  • Camerŵn
  • Cenia
  • De Affrica
  • De Swdan
  • Eritrea
  • Eswatini
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Gini
  • Gini Bisaw
  • Gini Gyhydeddol
  • Gorllewin Sahara
  • Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
  • Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
  • Gweriniaeth y Congo
  • Jibwti
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libia
  • Madagasgar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mawrisiws
  • Mawritania
  • Moroco
  • Mosambic
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Sambia
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Simbabwe
  • Somalia
  • Swdan
  • São Tomé a Príncipe
  • Tansania
  • Tiwnisia
  • Togo
  • Tsiad
  • Wganda
  • y Comoros
  • y Seychelles
  • y Traeth Ifori
  • yr Aifft