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

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

the Maldives pl

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 (Mal’div)
Belarusian: Мальды́вы pl (Malʹdývy)
Bengali: মালদ্বীপ (bn) (malôdbip)
Breton: Maldivez
Bulgarian: Малди́ви pl (Maldívi)
Burmese: မော်လဒိုက် (maula.duik)
Catalan: Maldives (ca) f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬爾代夫 (zh), 马尔代夫 (zh) (Mǎ'ěrdàifū)
Crimean Tatar: Maldivler
Czech: Maledivy (cs) pl
Danish: Maldiverne
Dhivehi: ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ‎‎ (dv) (divehirāje)
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)
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 (Mäldïvter)
Khmer: ម៉ាល់ឌីវ (km) (maldiiw)
Kikuyu: Maldova
Korean: 몰디브 (Moldibeu)
Kyrgyz: Мальдивдер (Malʹdivder)
Latin: Divi

Luhya: Maldova
Luo: Maldova
Macedonian: Малди́ви f pl (Maldívi)
Malay: Maldives
Maltese: il-Maldiv
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 (maldif)
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 (māldīp)
Uyghur: مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى‎‎ (maldiw aralliri)
Uzbek: Maldivalar (uz)
Yakut: Мальдивтар (Mal’divtar), Мальдив Арыылара (Mal’div Arıılara)
Yoruba: Maladifi
Zazaki: (Southern Zazaki) Maldiwi

References

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