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- a native or national of Madagascar马达加斯加人。
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- mass noun the Austronesian language of Madagascar, a group of dialects spoken by some 10 million people马达加斯加语(马达加斯加人使用的澳斯特罗尼西亚语, 是约1,000万人使用的方言群)。
- of or relating to Madagascar or its people or language(与)马达加斯加(有关)的; (与)马达加斯加人(有关)的; (与)马达加斯加语(有关)的。
词源
variant of MADAGASCAR; earlier forms included Malegass, Madegass, because of dialect division between the sounds -l-and -d-.