Mahé

Meaning

Proper Noun

• small town Mahé (district) in the uterr:pref, Puducherry India (country).
• A former French enclave comprising the town:pref, Mahé and a few neigbouring towns, in the colonial part of French India.
• The largest island of the Seychelles (country).

Origin

• Borrowed from French Mahé, from Malayalam മയ്യഴി, the name given to the local river and region.
• Borrowed from French Mahé, named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Isle de France (modern Mauritius).