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Maldives

mal·di·ves

UK/ˈmɒl.diːvz/ US/ˈmɔːl.diːvz/ uncommon

noun

1.

a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965

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2.

a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean

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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).

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