Mauritius

Mau·ri·ti·us

geographical name \mȯ-ˈri-sh(ē-)əs\

Definition of MAURITIUS

island in Indian Ocean in cen Mascarenes; constitutes with Rodrigues & other dependencies a dominion of the Commonwealth of Nations ∗ Port Louis area 720 square miles (1872 square kilometers), pop 1,210,196

— Mau·ri·tian \-ˈri-shən\ adjective or noun

Rhymes with MAURITIUS

ambitious, auspicious, capricious, delicious, factitious, fictitious, flagitious, judicious, lubricious, malicious, nutritious, officious, pernicious, propitious, pumiceous, seditious, sericeous, suspicious