Maldives

English

Etymology

"Malé Islands", from Malé, the name of the main island (of uncertain etymology), plus -diva, -dive, "island", probably related to Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa) "island".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɒl.diːvs/, /ˈmɔːl.diːvs/, /ˈmɔːl.daɪvs/
• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔl.daɪvz/, /ˈmæl.daɪvz/, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑl.daɪvz/

• Audio (US):

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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: مَالْدِيفْز m (maldīfz)
• Armenian: Մալդիվներ pl (Maldivner)
• Assamese: মালদ্বীপ (maldip)
• Azerbaijani: Maldiv adaları (az), Maldivlər
• Bashkir: Мальдив (Malʹdiv)
• 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), 马尔代夫 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrdàifū)

• Crimean Tatar: Maldivler
• Czech: Maledivy (cs) pl
• Danish: Maldiverne
• Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ (dv) (divehirājje)
• Dutch: Maladiven
• Esperanto: Maldivoj (eo) pl
• Estonian: Maldiivid (et) pl
• Finnish: Malediivit (fi)
• French: Maldives (fr) f pl
• Georgian: მალდივები (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
• 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 (Mäldivter)
• Khmer: ម៉ាល់ឌីវ (km) (maldiiw)
• Kikuyu: Maldova
• Korean: 몰디브 (Moldibeu)
• Kyrgyz: Мальдивдер (Maldivder)
• Latin: Divi
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• Luhya: Maldova
• Luo: Maldova
• Macedonian: Малди́ви f pl (Maldívi)
• Malay: Maldives
• Maltese: il-Maldiv
• Maori: Maratīwi
• Meru: Maldova
• Mongolian: Мальдив (Malʹdiv)
• Navajo: Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Yázhí
• Norman: Maldives f pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Maldivene (no)

  Nynorsk: Maldivane (nn)

• Persian: مالدیو (mâldiv)
• 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
• Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠟ꠆ꠖꠤꠚ (maldifó)
• Tagalog: Maldibas
• Tajik: Малдив (Maldiv)
• Tatar: Мальдивалар (Mal’diwalar)
• Telugu: మాల్దీవులు (te) (māldīvulu)
• Thai: มัลดีฟส์ (th) (mal-díif)
• Turkish: Maldivler (tr)
• Turkmen: Maldiwler
• Udmurt: Мальдив (Maľďiv)
• Ukrainian: Мальді́ви (uk) pl (Malʹdívy)
• Urdu: مالدیپ (māldīp)
• Uyghur: مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى (maldiw aralliri)
• Uzbek: Maldivalar (uz)
• Yakut: Мальдивтар (Maldivtar), Мальдив Арыылара (Maldiv Arıılara)
• Yoruba: Maladifi
• Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Maldiwi

See also

• Countries of the world

References

• Dictionary.com

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məlˈði.βəs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məlˈði.vəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [malˈði.ves]

Proper noun

Maldives f pl (plural only)

1. Maldives