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Indian Ocean country of many islands
Answer for the clue "Indian Ocean country of many islands ", 8 letters:
maldives
Alternative clues for the word maldives
- Indian Ocean island country
- A group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
- Indian Ocean country, capital Malé
- A republic on the Maldive Islands
- Achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
- Islands emphatically shut up about what some people do there
- Short man plunges into water in tropical isles
Word definitions for maldives in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Maldive Islands \Maldive Islands\ prop. n. A group of about 2000 islands in the Indian ocean; also known as the Maldives .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
probably from Sanskrit maladvipa "garland of islands," from mala "garland" + dvipa "island." Related: Maldivian .
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Maldives (, , or ), officially the Republic of Maldives (, Dhivehi Raa'jeyge Jumhooriyya ), is an island country in the Indian Ocean . It lies southwest of India and Sri Lanka . The chain of twenty six atolls stretches from Ihavandhippolhu Atoll in ...
Usage examples of maldives.
Like the jobbers who flocked to the Moon and the Maldives when Lunar City and the Skyhook had to be built .
By the time the ambassador landed in the Maldives, room had been found.
Before the force had left the Maldives, Admiral Kupinsky had called a meeting of the entire squadron.
Huge forces of American and Soviet military ships have maneuvered back and forth between the Seychelle Islands to the east and the Maldives to the north, with the controversial Islas Piedras as a pivot point.
So he was not too worried this morning as they regrouped to the southwest of the Maldives, Lenin having taken on a fresh air group.
In India the elevator cars of the cable that touched down at Suvadiva Atoll, south of the Maldives, were constantly at capacity, full of emigrants all day every day, a stream of Sikhs and Kashmiris and Muslims and also Hindus, ascending into space and moving to Mars.