Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun mauritius

2 senses of mauritius

Sense 1
Mauritius, Republic of Mauritius -- (a parliamentary state on the island of Mauritius)
       INSTANCE OF=> country, state, land -- (the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries")

Sense 2
Mauritius -- (an island in the southwestern Indian Ocean)
       INSTANCE OF=> island -- (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)