Maldives
pronunciation
How to pronounce Maldives in British English:
UK [ˈmɔ:ldaivz]
How to pronounce Maldives in American English:
US [ˈmɔldaɪvz, -divz, ˈmæl-]
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- Noun:
- a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
- a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
Word Origin
- Maldives
- probably from Sanskrit maladvipa "garland of islands," from mala "garland" + dvipa "island." Related: Maldivian.
Example
- 1. But the maldives operates touristic apartheid .
- 2. The luxurious ayada hotel in the maldives is an optimal tropical destination .
- 3. For low-lying islands like the maldives or kiribati , that is a very real possibility .
- 4. The maldives is almost entirely muslim and the constitution does not recognize other faiths .
- 5. Maldives is an archipelago country , which consists of 1200 islands , in the indian ocean .