Mayotte

[ French ma-yawt ]

noun

1. one of the Comoro Islands, in the Indian Ocean, NW of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 144 sq. mi. (373 sq. km).

Mayotte

/ majɔt /

noun

1. an island in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Madagascar; administered by France. Pop (including Pamanzi): 186 026 (2004 est). Area: 374 sq km (146 sq miles)

Example Sentences

Mayotte's overall population is estimated at 300,000 - but only half of them bear French passports.

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From all political shades in Mayotte comes the same cry: end the droit du sol.

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Currently most demands for regularisation are from the Comoran families of babies who are born on Mayotte and therefore French.

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A French possession since 1841, the tiny island of Mayotte is now a département or county of the Republic which means, in theory, that the same rules apply there as in the Moselle or Maine-et-Loire, or anywhere else in France.

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But events in Mayotte show how in modern times pressures of demographic change and mass migration are leading governments to question what had until recently been matters of consensus.

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