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MALDIVE ISLANDS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
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 "Maldive Islands"):
Maldives; Republic of Maldives (a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965)
Holonyms ("Maldive Islands" 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)
