Maldives

English Etymology Based on Malé Islands; from en Malé, the name of the main island (from en dv މާލެ) + en pra 𑀤𑀻𑀯 island, from en sa द्वीप dvīpá. Pronunciation en /ˈmɒl.diːvz/ /ˈmɔːl.diːvz/ /ˈmɔːl.daɪvz/ UK en /ˈmɔl.divz/ /ˈmæl.divz/ ; /ˈmɑl.divz/ cot-caught ; /-daɪvz/ US Maldive Islands măl′dīv môl′dīvMaldive Islands 1129 1 en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Maldives.wav UK en en-us-Maldives.ogg US Proper noun p 1 en Q826en archipelago/and/country r/South Asia located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India Malé Republic of Maldives. en w:Agence France-Presse Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/maldives-becomes-the-only-country-with-generational-smoking-ban 2025-11-01 The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only country with a generational prohibition on tobacco, according to its health ministry. https://web.archive.org/web/20251119163120/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/01/maldives-becomes-the-only-country-with-generational-smoking-ban Derived terms en Maldivian Descendants ja 1 モルディブ Morudibu Translations Q826 country in South Asia Abkhaz: ab Мальдив Afrikaans: af Maledive, af Maledive-eilande Amharic: am ማልዲቭስ Arabic: ar الْمَالْدِيف f, ar مَالْدِيفْز f maldīfz, ar مَحَلْدِيب archaic, ar ذِيبَةَ الْمَهَل archaic Hijazi Arabic: acw المالديف f al-māldīf, al-māldīv Armenian: hy Մալդիվներ p Assamese: as মালদ্বীপ maldip Asturian: ast Maldives Azerbaijani: az Maldiv adaları p, az Maldivlər p Bashkir: ba Мальдив Belarusian: be Мальды́вы p Bengali: bn মালদ্বীপ Breton: br Maldivez Buginese: bug ᨆᨛᨒᨉᨗᨓᨗ Bulgarian: bg Малди́ви p Burmese: my မော်လဒိုက် Catalan: ca Maldives f-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 馬爾代夫 Crimean Tatar: crh Maldivler Czech: cs Maledivy p Danish: da Maldiverne p Dhivehi: dv ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ Dutch: nl Malediven p, nl Maldiven p Esperanto: eo Maldivoj p Estonian: et Maldiivid p Farefare: gur Maldivro p Finnish: fi Malediivit French: fr Maldives f-p Gagauz: gag Maldivler p Georgian: ka მალდივები p, ka მალდივის რესპუბლიკა German: de Malediven p Greek: el Μαλδίβες f-p Hausa: ha Maldibi, ha Maldives Hebrew: he האיים המלדיביים p ha-iyim ha-maldiviyim Hindi: hi मालदीव, hi मालद्धीप m Hungarian: hu Maldív-szigetek Ido: io Maldivi Indonesian: id Maladewa Interlingua: ia Maldivas Irish: ga Oileáin Mhaildíve m-p Italian: it Maldive f-p Japanese: ja モルディブ Morudibu, ja モルジブ Morujibu Kalenjin: kln Maldova Kamba: kam Maldova Kazakh: kk Мәлдивтер p Khmer: km ម៉ាល់ឌីវ Kikuyu: ki Maldova Korean: ko ^몰디브, ko ^말디브 North Korea Kyrgyz: ky Мальдивдер p Lao: lo ມານດີວ Latin: la Divi Latvian: lv Maldīvija f Lithuanian: lt Maldyvai m-p Luhya: luy Maldova Luo: luo Maldova Macedonian: mk Малди́ви f-p Malay: ms Maldives Malayalam: ml മാലദ്വീപ് Maltese: mt Maldiv il-Maldiv Māori: mi Maratīwi Meru: mer Maldova Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Мальдив Navajo: nv Naakaii Dootłʼizhí Bikéyah Yázhí Norman: nrf Maldives f-p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Maldivene p Nynorsk: nn Maldivane p Persian: fa مالدیو mâldiv, fa مالدِیف mâldif Dari, fa ذیبةالمهل zibat-ol-mahal archaic Polish: pl Malediwy Portuguese: pt Maldivas f-p Romanian: ro Maldive f-p Russian: ru Мальди́вы f-p Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Малдиви m-p Latin: sh Maldivi m-p Slovak: sk Maldivy f-p Slovene: sl Maldívi m-p Spanish: es Maldivas f-p Swahili: sw Maldova Swedish: sv Maldiverna c-p Sylheti: syl ꠝꠣꠟ꠆ꠖꠤꠚ Tagalog: tl Maldibas Tajik: tg Малдив, tg Молдив Tamil: ta மாலத்தீவு, ta மாலத்தீவுகள், ta மாலைத்தீவு, ta மாலைத்தீவுகள் Tatar: tt Мальдивалар p Telugu: te మాల్దీవులు Thai: th มัลดีฟส์ Turkish: tr Maldivler p Turkmen: tk Maldiwler p Udmurt: udm Мальдив Ukrainian: uk Мальді́ви p Urdu: ur مالْدِیپ m māldīp Uyghur: ug مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى p, ug مالدىۋې Uzbek: uz Maldivalar p Vietnamese: vi Man-đi-vơ Yakut: sah Мальдивтар p, sah Мальдив Арыылара p Yoruba: yo Maladifi Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Maldiwi See also Countries of the world References Further reading Dictionary.com en exonyms Catalan ca: Pronunciation ca LL-Q7026 (cat)-Millars-Maldives.wav Valencia Proper noun f-p ca Maldives Q826 Derived terms ca maldivià French fr: Pronunciation fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Maldives.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) Proper noun f-p fr Maldives Q826 Derived terms fr Maldivien fr maldivien Descendants fa مالدیو mâldiv 1 See also fr exonyms Malay ms: Etymology ms en Maldives. Pronunciation Maldiv Proper noun مالديۏ ms Maldives Q826 Synonyms Standard Indonesian id Maladewa See also Welsh cy: Etymology cy en Maldives. Proper noun p y Maldives the cy Maldives Q826 Coordinate terms cy exonyms