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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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