Mascarene Islands
/ˌmaskəˈriːn
/(also the Mascarenes)
A group of three islands in the western Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, comprising Réunion, Mauritius, and Rodrigues.
Origin
Named after the 16th-century Portuguese navigator Pedro de Mascarenhas.
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