found: Work cat.: Folk tales of the Maldives, 2012:p. xiv (Maldivians) p. xxi (The Maldive Islands--known by Maldivians as Divehi Raaje, meaning the 'Kingdom of Islands' or 'Kingdom of the Divehi people'; located in the equatorial area of the Indian Ocean) p. xxii (in South Asia)
found: The world factbook, via WWW, May 23, 2016(Maldives. Location: Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India. Nationality: noun: Maldivian(s), adjective: Maldivian. Languages: Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials))
found: Dickson, P. Labels for locals, 2006(Maldives (Republic of Maldives): Maldivian, also an adjective)
found: The international thesaurus of refugee terminology, via WWW, May 23, 2016(Maldivians. Class name: Asian nationalities and regional groups. BT South Asians. RT Maldives)
found: 2005383247: Romero-FrÃas, X. The Maldive Islanders : a study of the popular culture of an ancient ocean kingdom, 2003.
