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"etymology_text": "Internationalism, ultimately from French Séchelles, the name given to the French possession in 1756 in honour of Jean Moreau de Séchelles, then France's Controller-General of Finances. The British later changed the spelling to Seychelles, which became the international form; Norwegian Seychellene adapts this name as a definite plural.\nThe territorial name Séchelles in Jean Moreau de Séchelles's surname referred to the seigneurie of Séchelles at Cuvilly in Oise, France, which was acquired by the Moreau family in the early 18th century. The deeper etymology of the French place-name Séchelles is uncertain.\nParallel adaptations include Norwegian Nynorsk Seychellane, Swedish Seychellerna, German Seychellen and English Seychelles.",
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"english": "Seychelles became independent from the United Kingdom in 1976.",
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"english": "The Seychelles consist of both granitic islands and coral islands.",
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"english": "The uninhabited Seychelles archipelago was recorded by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama in 1502.",
"ref": "2025 October 15, Dag Leraand and Fredrik Lyngås Pedersen, “Seychellenes historie”, in Store norske leksikon:",
"text": "Den ubebodde øygruppen Seychellene ble registrert av den portugisiske sjøfareren Vasco da Gama i 1502",
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