maldives

2 definitions found

maldives - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Maldive Islands \Maldive Islands\ prop. n.
     A group of about 2000 islands in the Indian ocean; also known
     as the Maldives.
     [WordNet 1.5]

maldives - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Maldives
      n 1: a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence
           from the United Kingdom in 1965 [syn: Maldives, Republic of Maldives
           ]
      2: a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220
         inhabited) in the Indian ocean [syn: Maldives, Maldive   Islands
         ]