Seychelles
/seɪˈʃelz/(亦作the Seychelles)
- a country consisting of a group of about ninety islands in the Indian Ocean, about 1,000 km (600 miles) NE of Madagascar; pop. 87,500 (est. 2009); languages, French Creole (official), English, French; capital, Victoria.塞舌尔（印度洋上由约90座岛屿组成的国家, 位于马达加斯加东北约1,000公里, 即600英里; 2009年估计人口87,500; 语言有法式克里奥耳语［官方语言］、英语和法语; 首都维多利亚）。
The islands were uninhabited until the mid 18th century, when the French annexed them. The Seychelles were captured by Britain during the Napoleonic Wars and administered from Mauritius before becoming a separate colony in 1903 and an independent republic within the Commonwealth in 1976.
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