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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Madagascar
 
SYLLABICATION:Mad·a·gas·car
PRONUNCIATION:  md-gskr
VARIANTS:Formerly Mal·a·gas·y Republic (ml-gs)
An island country in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa comprising the island of Madagascar and several small islands. It was originally peopled by Indonesian and African groups around the end of the first century b.c. The French first established settlements on the island in 1642 and made it a colony in 1896. The country gained full independence as the Malagasy Republic in 1960 and was renamed Madagascar in 1975. Antananarivo is the capital and the largest city. Population: 14,303,000.
OTHER FORMS:Mada·gascan —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
 
 
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