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seychelles

/ˈseɪʃɛlz/

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What does seychelles mean?

proper noun

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

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/ˈseɪʃɛlz/

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Again the Seychelles, which, with the Cocos so near, must be a remnant of some older land.
Charles DarwinLife and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2087
I have taken pains to verify this assertion, and have found it true, with the exception of New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Andaman Islands, and perhaps the Solomon Islands and the Seychelles.
Charles DarwinThe Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th EditionProject Gutenberg ebook #2009
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It is a remarkable fact, that all the many small islands, lying far from any continent, in the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans, with the exception of the Seychelles and this little point of rock, are, I believe, composed either of coral or of erupted matter.
Charles DarwinThe Voyage of the BeagleProject Gutenberg ebook #944