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Maldives

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English

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Etymology

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Based on Malé Islands; from Malé, the name of the main island (from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle)) + Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva, “island”), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpá).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmɒl.diːvz/, /ˈmɔːl.diːvz/, /ˈmɔːl.daɪvz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmɔl.divz/, /ˈmæl.divz/; (cot–caught merger) /ˈmɑl.divz/; /-daɪvz/
  • (Maldive Islands): enPR: măl′dīv, môl′dīv[1]
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Proper noun

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the Maldives pl (plural only)

  2. An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.
    • 2025 November 1, “Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban”, in The Guardian‎[1], sourced from Agence France-Presse, archived from the original on 19 November 2025:
      The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only country with a generational prohibition on tobacco, according to its health ministry.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • ⇒ Japanese: モルディブ (Morudibu)

Translations

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See also

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countries in Asia (appendix)edit

References

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  1. ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Maldive Islands”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1129, column 1

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Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Maldives f pl (plural only)

  1. Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)

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French

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Maldives f pl (plural only)

  1. Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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countries in Asia: pays d'Asie (appendix)edit

Malay

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Maldives.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmaldiv/ [ˈmal.div]

Proper noun

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Maldives (Jawi spelling مالديۏ)

  1. Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)

Synonyms

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See also

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countries in Asia: negara-negara di Asia (appendix)edit

Welsh

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Welsh Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Maldives.

Proper noun

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y Maldives pl (plural only)

  1. the Maldives (an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India)

Coordinate terms

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countries in Asia: gwledydd Asia (appendix)edit
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