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Madagascar
     
Madagascar
a country that is an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Africa. Population: 16,979,744 (2003). Capital: Antananarivo. Some types of animal live there that do not exist anywhere else in the world, such as the lemur.
—Madagascan noun, adjective
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