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REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Republic of Maldives mean? 

REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES (noun)
  The noun REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES has 1 sense:

1. a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965play

  Familiarity information: REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Maldives; Republic of Maldives

Instance hypernyms:

country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)

Meronyms (parts of "Republic of Maldives"):

Male (the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands)

Meronyms (members of "Republic of Maldives"):

Maldivan; Maldivian (a native or inhabitant of Maldives)

Holonyms ("Republic of 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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