Maldives
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Codes
- i-xc---
Variants
- Maldive Islands
- Malediva Islands
- Maldiverna
- Malʹdivskai︠a︡ Respublika
- Republic of Maldives
- Mahaldib Islands
- Dībā Maḥall
- Maḥall Dībā
- Maḥall Dībah
- Dhivehi Raajje
- Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa
- Divehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa
- Republic of the Maldives
- Malediivit
- Malediverna
Additional Information
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- Country
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- Countries (sovereign states)
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- Communist countries
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- Republics
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- Nations
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- Nation
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- State
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- State
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- Island nations
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- Developing island countries
Associated Locale
- South Asia
Has Demonym
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Maldive Islands
Sources
- found: Bell, H. C. P. The Máldive islands ... 1883.
- found: Background notes, 1981 (subj.)t.p. (Maldives)
- found: Phone call to Defense Mapping Agency, Geographic Name Division, 10/14/81(Official form of name : Republic of Maldives, official short form : Maldives)
- found: Tāj al-Dīn, Ḥ. Tārīkh Islām Dībā Maḥall, 1982-1984:p. 18 (Maḥall Dībā) p. 7, 2nd group (Maḥall Dībah)
- found: Foreign names information bulletin, no. 12(old form: Maldives [short form], Republic of; new form: Maldives [short form], Republic of [conventional]; Dhivehi Raajje [Maldivian short form]; Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa [Maldivian short form])
- found: Statesman's yrbk., 1994/95(Maldives; Divehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa; Republic of the Maldives)
- found: Wikipedia, July 8, 2018(The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is a South Asian sovereign state, located in the Indian Ocean, situated in the Arabian Sea)
- found: YSO places, via WWW, July 8, 2018(Maldives; Malediivit (Finnish); Maldiverna, variant: Malediverna (Swedish)) - http://finto.fi/yso-paikat/en/page/p109167
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Change Notes
- 1982-03-09: new
- 2018-07-09: revised
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