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    MALDIVES

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Maldive Islands; Maldives

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    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)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Maldives; Republic of Maldives

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    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)

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