Maldives
/ˈmɒl.diːvz//ˈmɔl.divz/
Maldives proper noun: an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.
Proper noun
the Maldives pl (plural only)
- 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.2025 November 1, “Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2025
Maldives meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
Maldives in Hindi
- country in South Asia
- मालदीव māldīv, मालद्धीप māladdhīp
Maldives in Tamil
- country in South Asia
- மாலத்தீவு mālattīvu, மாலத்தீவுகள் mālattīvukaḷ, மாலைத்தீவு mālaittīvu, மாலைத்தீவுகள் mālaittīvukaḷ
Maldives in Urdu
- country in South Asia
- مالْدِیپ māldīp
Maldives in Bengali
- country in South Asia
- মালদ্বীপ maldip
More languagesFewer languages
- Maldives in Telugu
- మాల్దీవులు māldīvulu
- Maldives in Malayalam
- മാലദ്വീപ് māladvīpŭ
- Maldives in Kannada
- ಮಾಲ್ಡೀವ್ಸ್
- Maldives in Assamese
- মালদ্বীপ maldip
- Maldives in Tagalog
- Maldibas
- Maldives in Arabic
- الْمَالْدِيف al-māldīf, مَالْدِيفْز maldīfz, مَحَلْدِيب maḥaldīb, ذِيبَةَ الْمَهَل ḏībata l-mahal
- Maldives in Malay
- Maldives
- Maldives in Indonesian
- Maladewa
- Maldives in Persian
- مالدیو mâldiv, مالدِیف mâldif, ذیبةالمهل zibat-ol-mahal
- Maldives in Thai
- มัลดีฟส์ mal-díif
- Maldives in Vietnamese
- Man-đi-vơ
- Maldives in Myanmar
- မော်လဒိုက် maula.duik
- Dhivehi
- ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ divehirājje
Origin of Maldives
Based on Malé Islands; from Malé, the name of the main island (from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle)) + Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva, “island”), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpá).
Words formed from Maldives
Phrases with Maldives
Questions about Maldives
- What does Maldives mean?
- Maldives means an archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.
- What is Maldives in Hindi?
- Maldives in Hindi is मालदीव (māldīv), मालद्धीप (māladdhīp). See Maldives meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Maldives?
- Maldives is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Maldives?
- Maldives is pronounced /ˈmɒl.diːvz/ (UK).
Words near Maldives in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Maldives (page history and authors); Maldives (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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