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Dhivehi Raajje (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 03 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 3.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 073 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 73.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises clusters of islands in Indian Ocean; settled by 5th century BCE by peoples from Ceylon and southern India; Islam introduced 12th century; generally free of European domination, except for Portuguese rule 16th century and British protection 19th to mid-20th century; official language is Divehi (a dialect Sinhala with script derived from Arabic), but English is generally spoken in the government. |
Names: |
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| Dhivehi Raajje (preferred,C,V,English-P,L)
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| Dhivehi Raajje (Maldivian (transliterated)-P,U)
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| Maldives (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Maldives (Tagalog)
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| Maldives (Maltese)
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| Maldives (Vietnamese)
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| Maldives (Indonesian)
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| Maldives (Catalan)
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| Maldives (Asturian)
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| Maldives (Akan)
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| Maldives (Welsh)
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| Maldives (French-P,U,N)
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| Maldives (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Maldives (North Ndebele)
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| Maldives (Shona)
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| Maldives (Arpitan)
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| Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa (C,V,Maldivian (Divehi))
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| Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa (Maldivian (transliterated),U)
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| Divehi (C,V,Maldivian (transliterated),U)
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| Divehi Jumhuriyya (C,V,Maldivian (transliterated),U)
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| Divehi Jumhuriya (C,V,Maldivian (transliterated),U)
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| Republic of Maldives (C,O,English,U,N)
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| République des Maldives (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Maldivas (C,O,Portuguese)
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| Maldivas (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Maldivas (Aragonese)
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| Maldivas (Galician)
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| Maldivas (Occitan)
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| Maldivas (Romansh)
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| Maldivas (Pampanga)
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| República de Maldivas (C,O,Spanish,U)
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| Maladiven (C,O)
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| Malediven (C,O,German)
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| Malediven (Low German)
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| ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (C,V,O,Maldivian (Divehi),U)
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| Мальдивские Острова (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Мальдивская Республика (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 马尔代夫 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 马尔代夫共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| ملدفً (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ملدفً (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| MDV (C,O,ISO3L)
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| MV (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO462 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| Maldivian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| Bizinga by'eMalidive (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| i-Maldives (C,U,Zulu)
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| Insulae Maldivae (C,U,Latin)
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| Maaldiqeen (C,U,Somali)
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| Madívɛ (C,U,Lingala)
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| Madive (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
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| Maladewa (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Maladivy (C,U,Czech)
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| Malativisi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Maldibi (C,U,Hausa)
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| Maldiivid (C,U,Estonian)
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| Maldiiwe (C,U,Fulah)
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| Maldiv (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Maldiv (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
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| Maldiv (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Maldîva (C,U,Sangho)
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| Maldiva (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Maldivai (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Maldivak (C,U,Basque)
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| Maldivane (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Maldivas - ދިވެހި (C,U,Galician)
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| Maldive (C,U,Romanian)
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| Maldive (Italian)
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| Maldiven (C,U,Dutch)
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| Maldiven (Luxembourgish)
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| Maldiven (Western Frisian)
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| Maldivene (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Maldivene (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Maldivene (Norwegian)
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| Maldiverna (C,U,Swedish)
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| Maldiverne (C,U,Danish)
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| Maldivesa (C,U,Igbo)
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| maldivesdukɔ (C,U,Ewe)
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| Maldivet (C,U,Albanian)
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| Maldíveyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Maldivez (C,U,Breton)
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| Maldivi (C,U,Bambara)
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| Maldivi (Croatian)
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| Maldivi (Bosnian)
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| Maldivi (Slovene)
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| Maldivi (Swahili (generic))
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| Maldivi (Ido)
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| Maldīvija (C,U,Latvian)
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| Maldivit (C,U,Albanian)
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| Maldivler (C,U,Turkish)
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| Maldivoj (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Maldív-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Maldivuäns (C,U,Volapük)
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| Maldivuoyggjarnar (C,U,Faroese)
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| Maldivy (C,U,Slovak)
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| Maldivys (C,U,Cornish)
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| Maldyvai (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Malediivit (C,U,Finnish)
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| Malediivvat (C,U,Northern Sami)
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| Maledive (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Maledive (Limburgan)
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| Maledivy (C,U,Czech)
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| Malediwy (C,U,Polish)
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| Man-đi-vơ (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Modivu (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Modivu (Swahili (generic))
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| Moludave (C,U,Rundi)
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| Na Maildiví (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Orílẹ́ède Maladifi (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Republic of the Maldive Islands (C,U)
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| Малдиви (C,U,Serbian)
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| Малдиви (Macedonian)
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| Малдиви (Bulgarian)
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| མཱལ་ཌིབས (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| मालदीव (C,U,Marathi)
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| मालदीव (Hindi)
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| मालदीव (Kashmiri)
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| மாலத்தீவு (C,U,Tamil)
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| مالديف (C,U,Arabic)
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| モルディブ (C,U,Japanese)
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| მალდივის კუნძულები (C,U,Georgian)
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| मालाद्वीपः (C,U,Sanskrit)
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| มัลดีฟส์ (C,U,Thai)
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| ދިވެހި ރާއްޖެ (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
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| ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
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| جزر المالديف (C,U,Arabic)
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| مالدیو (C,U,Urdu)
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| مالدیو (Persian-Farsi)
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| ማልዲቭስ (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ማልዲቭስ (Amharic)
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| మాల్దీవులు (C,U,Telugu)
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| Мальдіви (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| مالديپ (C,U,Pashto)
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| 몰디브 (C,U,Korean)
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| מלדיבים (C,U,Hebrew )
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| モルジブ (C,U,Japanese)
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| মালদ্বীপ (C,U,Bengali)
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| Մալդիվներ (C,U,Armenian)
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| ประเทศมัลดีฟส์ (C,U,Thai)
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| Μαλδίβες (C,U,Greek)
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| மாலைத்தீவுகள் (C,U,Tamil)
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| האיים המלדיביים (C,U,Hebrew )
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| مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى (C,U,Uyghur)
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| මාල දිවයින (C,U,Sinhala)
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| جزر الملديف (C,U,Arabic)
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| മാലിദ്വീപ് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| मालदीव्ज (C,U,Marathi)
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| ମାଳଦ୍ବୀପ (C,U,Odia)
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| माल्दिभ्स (C,U,Nepali)
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| Мальдивские о-ва (C,U,Russian)
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| માલદિવ્સ (C,U,Gujarati)
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| ಮಾಲ್ಡಿವ್ಸ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| مالدیڤ (C,U,Kurdish)
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| မော်လဒိုက် (C,U,Burmese)
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| མལ་དྭིབ། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| Мальдыўскія Астравы (C,U,Belarusian)
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| Maldive Islands (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence 1965 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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proclaimed 1968 |
| island nation (C) |
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| protectorate (H) |
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British, 1887-1965 |
| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Male .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Dhivehi Raajje, Maale) [1083014] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1982 |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1965 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Republic of the Maldive Islands.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028 |
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