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单词 Seychelles
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Definition of Seychelles in English:

Seychelles

(also the Seychelles)
proper nounseɪˈʃɛlzseɪˈʃɛlseɪˈʃɛl(z)
  • A country consisting of a group of about ninety islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 km (600 miles) north-east of Madagascar; population 96,000 (estimated 2015); languages, French Creole (official), English, French; capital, Victoria.

The islands were uninhabited until the mid 18th century, when the French annexed them. The Seychelles were captured by Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and administered from Mauritius before becoming a separate colony in 1903 and an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1976

Rhymes

Dardanelles, Wells
 
 

Definition of Seychelles in US English:

Seychelles

(also the Seychelles)
proper nounsāˈSHel(z)seɪˈʃɛl(z)
  • A country that consists of a group of about 90 islands in the Indian Ocean, about 600 miles (1,000 km) northeast of Madagascar; population 96,000 (estimated 2015); capital, Victoria; languages, French (official), English, and Creole.

    The islands were uninhabited until the mid 18th century, when the French annexed them. The Seychelles were captured by Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and administered from Mauritius before becoming a separate colony in 1903 and an independent republic within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1976

 
 
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