Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyah

Etymology

From mágí (“monkey”) bitseeʼ (“its tail”) + noodǫ́ǫ́z (“it is striped”) +‎ -í (nominalizer) + bikéyah (“their country”, literally “country of the monkeys with striped tails”) (i.e. lemurs)

Proper noun

Mágí Bitseeʼ Noodǫ́zí Bikéyah

  1. Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)

Synonyms

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