Maldives

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒl.diːvz/, /ˈmɔːl.diːvz/, /ˈmɔːl.daɪvz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl.daɪvz/, /ˈmæl.daɪvz/, (cot-caught merger also) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.daɪvz/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Proper noun

the Maldives pl

2. An island country in South Asia. Official name: Republic of Maldives.

Translations

country in South Asia

• Amharic: ማልዲቭስ (maldivs)
• Arabic: الْمَالْدِيف‎ f (al-māldīf), مَالْدِيفْز‎ f (maldīfz)

  Hijazi Arabic: المالديڤ‎ f (al-māldīv), المالديف‎ f (al-māldīf)

• Armenian: Մալդիվներ pl (Maldivner)
• Assamese: মালদ্বীপ (maldip)
• Azerbaijani: Maldiv adaları (az) pl, Maldivlər pl
• Bashkir: Мальдив (Mal’div)
• Belarusian: Мальды́вы pl (Malʹdývy)
• Bengali: মালদ্বীপ (bn) (maldip)
• Breton: Maldivez
• Bulgarian: Малди́ви pl (Maldívi)
• Burmese: မော်လဒိုက် (maula.duik)
• Catalan: Maldives (ca) f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬爾代夫／马尔代夫 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrdàifū)

• Crimean Tatar: Maldivler
• Czech: Maledivy (cs) pl
• Danish: Maldiverne pl
• Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ‎ (dv) (divehirājje)
• Dutch: Malediven (nl) pl, Maldiven (nl) pl
• Esperanto: Maldivoj (eo) pl
• Estonian: Maldiivid (et) pl
• Farefare: Maldivro pl
• Finnish: Malediivit (fi)
• French: Maldives (fr) f pl
• Georgian: მალდივები (ka) pl (maldivebi), მალდივის რესპუბლიკა (maldivis resṗubliḳa)
• German: Malediven (de)
• Greek: Μαλδίβες (el) f pl (Maldíves)
• Hausa: Maldibi, Maldives
• Hebrew: האיים המלדיביים‎ pl (ha-iyim ha-maldiviyim)
• Hindi: मालदीव (hi) (māldīv), मालद्धीप (hi) m (māladdhīp)
• Hungarian: Maldív-szigetek (hu)
• Ido: Maldivi
• Indonesian: Maladewa (id)
• Interlingua: Maldivas
• Italian: Maldive (it) f pl
• Japanese: モルディブ (ja) (Morudibu), モルジブ (Morujibu)
• Kalenjin: Maldova
• Kamba: Maldova
• Kazakh: Мәлдивтер pl (Mäldivter)
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់ឌីវ (km) (maldiiw)
• Kikuyu: Maldova
• Korean: 몰디브 (ko) (Moldibeu), 말디브 (ko) (Maldibeu) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: Мальдивдер pl (Malʹdivder)
• Latin: Divi
• Latvian: Maldīvija f
• Lithuanian: Maldyvai (lt) m pl
• Luhya: Maldova
• Luo: Maldova
• Macedonian: Малди́ви f pl (Maldívi)
• Malay: Maldives
• Maltese: il-Maldiv
• Maori: Maratīwi
• Meru: Maldova
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Мальдив (Malʹdiv)

• Navajo: Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Yázhí
• Norman: Maldives f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Maldivene (no) pl

  Nynorsk: Maldivane (nn) pl

• Persian: مالدیو‎ (mâldiw), مالدِیف‎ (mâldif) (Dari)
• Polish: Malediwy (pl)
• Portuguese: Maldivas (pt) f pl
• Romanian: Maldive (ro) f pl
• Russian: Мальди́вы (ru) f pl (Malʹdívy)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Малдиви m pl

  Roman: Maldivi m pl

• Slovak: Maldivy f pl
• Slovene: Maldívi (sl) m pl
• Spanish: Maldivas (es) f pl
• Swahili: Maldova (sw)
• Swedish: Maldiverna (sv) c pl
• Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠟ꠆ꠖꠤꠚ (maldifó)
• Tagalog: Maldibas
• Tajik: Малдив (Maldiv), Молдив (Moldiv)
• Tatar: Мальдивалар pl (Mal’diwalar)
• Telugu: మాల్దీవులు (te) (māldīvulu)
• Thai: มัลดีฟส์ (th) (mal-díif)
• Turkish: Maldivler (tr) pl
• Turkmen: Maldiwler pl
• Udmurt: Мальдив (Maľďiv)
• Ukrainian: Мальді́ви (uk) pl (Malʹdívy)
• Urdu: مالْدِیپ‎ m (māldīp)
• Uyghur: مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى‎ pl (maldiw aralliri), مالدىۋې‎ (maldiwë)
• Uzbek: Maldivalar (uz) pl
• Vietnamese: Man-đi-vơ
• Yakut: Мальдивтар pl (Maldivtar), Мальдив Арыылара pl (Maldiv Arıılara)
• Yoruba: Maladifi
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Maldiwi

See also

• Countries of the world
• (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

References

• Dictionary.com

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /məlˈdi.vəs/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /məlˈdi.bəs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /malˈdi.ves/

• Audio (Valencian)

  (file)

Proper noun

Maldives f pl (plural only)

1. Maldives (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• maldivià

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal.div/

• Audio (Parisian)

  (file)

Proper noun

Maldives f pl (plural only)

1. Maldives (a country and archipelago in South Asia, in the Indian Ocean)

Derived terms

• Maldivien
• maldivien

See also

• (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Asia)}