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Ma·yotte (mä yôt′, -yät′)

political unit of France, consisting of an island group in the Mozambique Channel of the Indian Ocean: formerly part of the Comoro Islands, it voted to remain affiliated with France while the other islands voted for independence (1974): 144 sq mi (373 sq km); pop. 104,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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