Minicoy
Sign in to saveMinicoy, locally known as Maliku (; ), is an island in Lakshadweep, India. Along with Viringili, it is on Maliku atoll, the southernmost atoll of Lakshadweep archipelago. Administratively, it is a census town in the Indian union territory of Lakshadweep. The island is situated 398 km southwest of Kochi and 425 km west of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Minicoy
- Islands.image_name
- File:Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep.jpg
- Islands.map
- India3#India Lakshadweep
- Islands.location
- Arabian Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Maldives
- Islands.waterbody
- Indian Ocean
- Islands.total_islands
- 1
- Islands.area_km2
- 4.801
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Territory
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Union territory of Lakshadweep
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- District
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Lakshadweep
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Island group
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Minicoy Islands
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_3
- Tehsils of India
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_3
- Minicoy Tehsil
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_4
- Subdivisions of India
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- Pre-colonial era
- Colonial era
- Under suzerainty of East India Company
- Under direct rule of British India
- After independence of India
- 1956 plebiscite and integration with India
- Union Territory of India
- India-Maldives maritime treaty
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Minicoy, locally known as Maliku (; ), is an island in Lakshadweep, India. Along with Viringili, it is on Maliku atoll, the southernmost atoll of Lakshadweep archipelago. Administratively, it is a census town in the Indian union territory of Lakshadweep. The island is situated 398 km southwest of Kochi and 425 km west of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala.
==Etymology== Minicoy is known as Maliku in the local language, Dhivehi, which is also the national and official language of the Republic of Maldives. The language is a descendant of Elu Prakrit and is closely related to the Sinhala language, but not mutually intelligible with it. However, the Lakhshadweep Administration refers to Dhivehi as Mahl. This is due to a misunderstanding on the part of a British civil servant who came to Minicoy in the 1900s during the British Raj. The official asked a local what his language was and he replied "Dhivehi-bas". The official looked confused as he had never heard of this language. Noticing this, the islander said "Mahaldeebu" as he knew that locals on the subcontinent referred to the kingdom to the south (the Maldives) by that name. The civil servant then official recorded the language of Minicoy as Mahl.