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Vinony

Maldives

proper noun

  1. country in Arabian Sea
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈmɒl.diːvz/ / /ˈmɔːl.diːvz/ / /ˈmɔːl.daɪvz/

name

Etymology: Based on Malé Islands; from Malé, the name of the main island (from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle)) + Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva, “island”), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpá).

  1. An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.

    “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.”