Maldives

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

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Proper noun

the Maldives pl

1. 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 m (maldīfz) Hijazi Arabic: المالديڤ‎ f (al-māldīv) Armenian: Մալդիվներ pl (Maldivner) Assamese: মালদ্বীপ (maldip) Azerbaijani: Maldiv adaları (az), Maldivlər Bashkir: Мальдив (Mal’div) Belarusian: Мальды́вы pl (Malʹdývy) Bengali: মালদ্বীপ (bn) (maldīp) 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 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 (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 (Mäldivter) Khmer: ម៉ាល់ឌីវ (km) (maldiiw) Kikuyu: Maldova Korean: 몰디브 (ko) (Moldibeu), 말디브 (ko) (Maldibeu) (North Korea) Kyrgyz: Мальдивдер (Malʹdivder) Latin: Divi Latvian: Maldīvija f Lithuanian: Maldyvai (lt) m 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: Dari: مالدِیف‎ (mâldîf) Iranian 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 (Malʹdiv) Ukrainian: Мальді́ви (uk) pl (Malʹdívy) Urdu: مالدیپ‎ m (māldīp) Uyghur: مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى‎ (maldiw aralliri) Uzbek: Maldivalar (uz) Vietnamese: Man-đi-vơ Yakut: Мальдивтар (Mal’divtar), Мальдив Арыылара (Mal’div 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, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

References

• Dictionary.com

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Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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Proper noun

Maldives f pl

1. Maldives (a country in Asia)

Derived terms

• maldivià

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mal.div/

• Audio (Parisian)

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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)}