# Seychelles
## English
### Etymology

After French official and politician Jean Moreau de Séchelles.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seɪˈʃɛlz/, /seɪˈʃɛl/, /ˈseɪʃɛlz/, /ˈseɪʃɛl/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlz, -ɛl

### Proper noun

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

#### Usage notes

Treated as singular or plural. The presence of the definite article also varies, though "the Seychelles" is more common.

#### Hypernyms

* Subsahara

#### Derived terms

* Seychelles Time
* Seychellois
* Seyche

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: セイシェル (Seisheru)

#### Translations
### See also

* Countries of the world
* Algeria
* Angola
* Benin
* Botswana
* Burkina Faso
* Burundi
* Cabo Verde
* Cameroon
* Central African Republic
* Chad
* Comoros
* Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
* Democratic Republic of the Congo
* Djibouti
* Egypt
* Equatorial Guinea
* Eritrea
* Eswatini ~ eSwatini, Swaziland
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Guinea
* Guinea-Bissau
* Kenya
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libya
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mauritania
* Mauritius
* Morocco
* Mozambique
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Republic of the Congo
* Rwanda
* São Tomé and Príncipe
* Senegal
* Seychelles
* Sierra Leone
* Somalia
* South Africa
* South Sudan
* Sudan
* Tanzania
* Togo
* Tunisia
* Uganda
* Western Sahara
* Zambia
* Zimbabwe

### References

* ↑ Motschenbacher, Heiko (2020) “Greece, the Netherlands and (the) Ukraine: A Corpus-Based Study of Definite Article Use with Country Names”, in A Journal of Onomastics, volume 68, number 1, →DOI, pages 1–16

### Further reading

* Seychelles on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Seychelles on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
* Seychelles on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage
* Category:Seychelles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## Central Nahuatl
### Proper noun

Seychelles
* Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /se.ʃɛl/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)
* Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

#### Derived terms

* Seychellois
* seychellois

## Italian
### Proper noun

Seychelles f pl (plural only)
* Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]
* (Brazil) IPA: /se(j)ˈʃɛ.lis/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.lis]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /se(j)ˈʃɛ.liʃ/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.liʃ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /se(j)ˈʃɛ.les/ [se(ɪ̯)ˈʃɛ.les]
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /sɐjˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /sejˈt͡ʃɛ.lɨʃ/
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /sejˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /seˈʃɛ.lɨʃ/

### Proper noun

Seychelles f pl
* Alternative spelling of Seicheles: Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /seiˈt͡ʃeles/ [sei̯ˈt͡ʃe.les]
* Rhymes: -eles
* Syllabification: Sey‧che‧lles

### Proper noun

Seychelles f
* Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

#### Derived terms

* seychellense

## Welsh
### Proper noun

y Seychelles pl
* the Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)

#### Coordinate terms

* Angola
* Algeria
* Benin
* Botswana
* Bwrcina Ffaso
* Bwrwndi
* Cabo Verde
* Camerŵn
* Cenia
* De Affrica
* De Swdan
* Eritrea
* Eswatini
* Ethiopia
* Gabon
* Gambia
* Ghana
* Gini
* Gini Bisaw
* Gini Gyhydeddol
* Gorllewin Sahara
* Gweriniaeth Canolbarth Affrica
* Gweriniaeth Ddemocrataidd y Congo
* Gweriniaeth y Congo
* Jibwti
* Lesotho
* Liberia
* Libia
* Madagasgar
* Malawi
* Mali
* Mawrisiws
* Mawritania
* Moroco
* Mosambic
* Namibia
* Niger
* Nigeria
* Rwanda
* Sambia
* Senegal
* Sierra Leone
* Simbabwe
* Somalia
* Swdan
* São Tomé a Príncipe
* Tansania
* Tiwnisia
* Togo
* Tsiad
* Wganda
* y Comoros
* y Seychelles
* y Traeth Ifori
* yr Aifft