MALDIVES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Maldives mean? 

• MALDIVES (noun)
  The noun MALDIVES has 2 senses:

1. a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965

2. a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean

  Familiarity information: MALDIVES used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALDIVES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Maldives; Republic of Maldives

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Maldives"):

Male (the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands)

Meronyms (members of "Maldives"):

Maldivan; Maldivian (a native or inhabitant of Maldives)

Holonyms ("Maldives" is a part of...):

Maldive Islands; Maldives (a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Maldive Islands; Maldives

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Maldives"):

Maldives; Republic of Maldives (a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965)

Holonyms ("Maldives" is a part of...):

Indian Ocean (the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south)

 Context examples 

An archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of Africa, about one-half the way from Africa to Indonesia and south of the Maldives.

(British Indian Ocean Territory, NCI Thesaurus)

In findings published on Friday, researchers from the University of York and Maldives Whale Shark Research Programme have mapped key habitats of the world's largest fish, the whale shark, shedding light on congregation sites that have perplexed marine biologists.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)

According to the researchers, Whale sharks, Rhincodon typus, listed as endangered under the IUCN Red List, do feed in the open ocean, but juveniles tend to form large groups in only about 20 to 25 specific places around the coasts of Mexico, Belize, the Maldives, and Australia, which previous research has not explained.

(New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities, Wikinews)