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Districts of Seychelles - Origins of names
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- Anse aux Pins: = pine cove (French); casuarina trees, resembling pines, grew there
- Anse Boileau: after a Captain Boileau who landed there in 1790-06
- Anse Royale: = royal cove (French), for the King's Garden there
- Anse Étoile: = star cove (French)
- Au Cap: = at the cape (French)
- Baie Lazare: after Captain Lazare Picault, who landed there 1742-11-22
- Baie Sainte Anne: after Sainte Anne Church, located there
- Beau Vallon: = beautiful dale (French)
- Bel Air: = fine air (French)
- Belombre: = beautiful shade (French)
- Cascade: after a waterfall in the Cascade River
- Glacis: = slope (French)
- Grand Anse: = great cove (French)
- La Digue: = the dike (French)
- Les Mamelles: = the breasts (French)
- Mahé: named by Capt. Lazare Picault in honor of Bertrand-François Mahé, governor of Mauritius.
- Mont Buxton: after Thomas Fowell Buxton (1786-1845)
- Mont Fleuri: = blooming mount (French)
- Plaisance: = pleasure spot (French)
- Pointe La Rue: after Madame Larue, early settler
- Praslin: named in 1768 for César Gabriel de Choiseul, duc de Praslin (1712-1785), then French Secretary of the Navy
- Roche Caïman: = caiman rock (French); the crocodilian species was found there
- Saint Louis: after Saint Louis College, located there
- Takamaka: for its takamaka trees
Erstellt: 2010-05