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ID: 7000331
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dhivehi Raajje (nation)  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

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:
Dhivehi Raajje (preferred,C,V,English-P,L)
Dhivehi Raajje (Maldivian (transliterated)-P,U)
Maldives (C,O,English,U,N)
Maldives (Tagalog)
Maldives (Maltese)
Maldives (Vietnamese)
Maldives (Indonesian)
Maldives (Catalan)
Maldives (Asturian)
Maldives (Akan)
Maldives (Welsh)
Maldives (French-P,U,N)
Maldives (Malay (macrolanguage))
Maldives (North Ndebele)
Maldives (Shona)
Maldives (Arpitan)
Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa (C,V,Maldivian (Divehi))
Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa (Maldivian (transliterated),U)
Divehi (C,V,Maldivian (transliterated),U)
Divehi Jumhuriyya (C,V,Maldivian (transliterated),U)
Divehi Jumhuriya (C,V,Maldivian (transliterated),U)
Republic of Maldives (C,O,English,U,N)
République des Maldives (C,O,French,U,N)
Maldivas (C,O,Portuguese)
Maldivas (Spanish-P,U,N)
Maldivas (Aragonese)
Maldivas (Galician)
Maldivas (Occitan)
Maldivas (Romansh)
Maldivas (Pampanga)
República de Maldivas (C,O,Spanish,U)
Maladiven (C,O)
Malediven (C,O,German)
Malediven (Low German)
ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (C,V,O,Maldivian (Divehi),U)
Мальдивские Острова (C,O,Russian-P,U)
Мальдивская Республика (C,O,Russian,U)
马尔代夫 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
马尔代夫共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
ملدفً (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
جُهور ةً ملدفً (C,O,Arabic,U)
MDV (C,O,ISO3L)
MV (C,O,ISO2L)
ISO462 (C,O,ISO3N)
Maldivian (C,O,English,U,A)
Bizinga by'eMalidive (C,U,Ganda (Ugandan language))
i-Maldives (C,U,Zulu)
Insulae Maldivae (C,U,Latin)
Maaldiqeen (C,U,Somali)
Madívɛ (C,U,Lingala)
Madive (C,U,Luba-Katanga)
Maladewa (C,U,Indonesian)
Maladivy (C,U,Czech)
Malativisi (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
Maldibi (C,U,Hausa)
Maldiivid (C,U,Estonian)
Maldiiwe (C,U,Fulah)
Maldiv (C,U,Azerbaijani)
Maldiv (Haitian (Haitian Creole))
Maldiv (Malay (macrolanguage))
Maldîva (C,U,Sangho)
Maldiva (C,U,Malagasy)
Maldivai (C,U,Lithuanian)
Maldivak (C,U,Basque)
Maldivane (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
Maldivas - ދިވެހި (C,U,Galician)
Maldive (C,U,Romanian)
Maldive (Italian)
Maldiven (C,U,Dutch)
Maldiven (Luxembourgish)
Maldiven (Western Frisian)
Maldivene (C,U,Norwegian (Nynorsk))
Maldivene (Norwegian (Bokmål))
Maldivene (Norwegian)
Maldiverna (C,U,Swedish)
Maldiverne (C,U,Danish)
Maldivesa (C,U,Igbo)
maldivesdukɔ (C,U,Ewe)
Maldivet (C,U,Albanian)
Maldíveyjar (C,U,Icelandic)
Maldivez (C,U,Breton)
Maldivi (C,U,Bambara)
Maldivi (Croatian)
Maldivi (Bosnian)
Maldivi (Slovene)
Maldivi (Swahili (generic))
Maldivi (Ido)
Maldīvija (C,U,Latvian)
Maldivit (C,U,Albanian)
Maldivler (C,U,Turkish)
Maldivoj (C,U,Esperanto)
Maldív-szigetek (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
Maldivuäns (C,U,Volapük)
Maldivuoyggjarnar (C,U,Faroese)
Maldivy (C,U,Slovak)
Maldivys (C,U,Cornish)
Maldyvai (C,U,Lithuanian)
Malediivit (C,U,Finnish)
Malediivvat (C,U,Northern Sami)
Maledive (C,U,Afrikaans)
Maledive (Limburgan)
Maledivy (C,U,Czech)
Malediwy (C,U,Polish)
Man-đi-vơ (C,U,Vietnamese)
Modivu (C,U,Kikuyu)
Modivu (Swahili (generic))
Moludave (C,U,Rundi)
Na Maildiví (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
Orílẹ́ède Maladifi (C,U,Yoruba)
Republic of the Maldive Islands (C,U)
Малдиви (C,U,Serbian)
Малдиви (Macedonian)
Малдиви (Bulgarian)
མཱལ་ཌིབས (C,U,Dzongkha)
मालदीव (C,U,Marathi)
मालदीव (Hindi)
मालदीव (Kashmiri)
மாலத்தீவு (C,U,Tamil)
مالديف (C,U,Arabic)
モルディブ (C,U,Japanese)
მალდივის კუნძულები (C,U,Georgian)
मालाद्वीपः (C,U,Sanskrit)
มัลดีฟส์ (C,U,Thai)
ދިވެހި ރާއްޖެ (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
جزر المالديف (C,U,Arabic)
مالدیو (C,U,Urdu)
مالدیو (Persian-Farsi)
ማልዲቭስ (C,U,Tigrinya)
ማልዲቭስ (Amharic)
మాల్దీవులు (C,U,Telugu)
Мальдіви (C,U,Ukrainian)
مالديپ (C,U,Pashto)
몰디브 (C,U,Korean)
מלדיבים (C,U,Hebrew )
モルジブ (C,U,Japanese)
মালদ্বীপ (C,U,Bengali)
Մալդիվներ (C,U,Armenian)
ประเทศมัลดีฟส์ (C,U,Thai)
Μαλδίβες (C,U,Greek)
மாலைத்தீவுகள் (C,U,Tamil)
האיים המלדיביים (C,U,Hebrew )
مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى (C,U,Uyghur)
මාල දිවයින (C,U,Sinhala)
جزر الملديف (C,U,Arabic)
മാലിദ്വീപ് (C,U,Malayalam)
मालदीव्ज (C,U,Marathi)
ମାଳଦ୍ବୀପ (C,U,Odia)
माल्दिभ्स (C,U,Nepali)
Мальдивские о-ва (C,U,Russian)
માલદિવ્સ (C,U,Gujarati)
ಮಾಲ್ಡಿವ್ಸ್ (C,U,Kannada)
مالدیڤ (C,U,Kurdish)
မော်လဒိုက် (C,U,Burmese)
མལ་དྭིབ། (C,U,Tibetan)
Мальдыўскія Астравы (C,U,Belarusian)
Maldive Islands (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Dhivehi Raajje (nation)  ........  Dhivehi Raajje (nation) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of South Asia (subcontinent)  ........  South Asia (subcontinent) (P)
Hierarchy of Dhivehi Raajje (nation)  ............  Dhivehi Raajje (nation) (P)

Place Types:
nation (preferred, C)  ............  gained independence 1965
primary political unit (C)
independent sovereign nation (C)
republic (C)  ............  proclaimed 1968
island nation (C)
protectorate (H)  ............  British, 1887-1965
independent political entity (C)

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Male .......... (inhabited place)
..................  (World, Asia, Dhivehi Raajje, Maale) [1083014]
member of ....  Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association)
................  (World) [7005615]
................  joined association in 1982
member of ....  United Nations .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7029605]
................  joined organization in 1965

Sources and Contributors:
Мальдивские Острова..........  [VP]
...................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
马尔代夫..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
...........  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
马尔代夫共和国..........  [VP]
.................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
Мальдивская Республика..........  [VP]
.........................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
ملدفً..........  [VP]
..............  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
جُهور ةً ملدفً..........  [VP]
.............................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ..........  [VP]
...............................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
Малдиви..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
མཱལ་ཌིབས..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
मालदीव..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
மாலத்தீவு..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
مالديف..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
モルディブ..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
მალდივის კუნძულები..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
मालाद्वीपः..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
มัลดีฟส์..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
ދިވެހި ރާއްޖެ..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
ދިވެހިރާއްޖެ..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
جزر المالديف..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
مالدیو..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
ማልዲቭስ..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
మాల్దీవులు..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Мальдіви..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
مالديپ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
몰디브..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
מלדיבים..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
モルジブ..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
মালদ্বীপ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Մալդիվներ..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
ประเทศมัลดีฟส์..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Μαλδίβες..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
மாலைத்தீவுகள்..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
האיים המלדיביים..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
مالدىۋ ئاراللىرى..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
මාල දිවයින..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
جزر الملديف..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
മാലിദ്വീപ്..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
मालदीव्ज..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
ମାଳଦ୍ବୀପ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
माल्दिभ्स..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Мальдивские о-ва..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
માલદિવ્સ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
ಮಾಲ್ಡಿವ್ಸ್..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
مالدیڤ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
မော်လဒိုက်..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
མལ་དྭིབ།..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Мальдыўскія Астравы..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Bizinga by'eMalidive..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Dhivehi Raajje..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
.............................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 22 June 2009
Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyyaa..........  [VP]
.....................................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
.....................................................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 22 June 2009
Divehi..........  [VP]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 388-389
Divehi Jumhuriya..........  [VP]
.............................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 388-389
Divehi Jumhuriyya..........  [VP]
................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 650
................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 662
i-Maldives..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Insulae Maldivae..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
ISO462..........  [VP]
.................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 17
Maaldiqeen..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Madívɛ..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Madive..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maladewa..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maladiven..........  [VP]
....................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) 419
Maladivy..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Malativisi..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldibi..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldiivid..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldiiwe..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldiv..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldîva..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldiva..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivai..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivak..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivane..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivas..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 868
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivas - ދިވެހި..........  [VP]
................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldive..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldive Islands..........  [VP]
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 716
Maldiven..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivene..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldiverna..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldiverne..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldives..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 731 ff.
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 27
.................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-58
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 66
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 716
Maldivesa..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
maldivesdukɔ..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivet..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldíveyjar..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivez..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivi..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivian..........  [VP]
....................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 23
Maldīvija..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivit..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivler..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivoj..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldív-szigetek..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivuäns..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivuoyggjarnar..........  [VP]
................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivy..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldivys..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maldyvai..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Malediivit..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Malediivvat..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maledive..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Malediven..........  [VP]
....................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1186
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Maledivy..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Malediwy..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Man-đi-vơ..........  [VP]
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
MDV..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Handbook (1988) 768
Modivu..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Moludave..........  [VP]
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
MV..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Country Codes (1996) 17
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) FIPS; 56
Na Maildiví..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
Orílẹ́ède Maladifi..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
República de Maldivas..........  [VP]
......................................  UNGEGN List of Country Names (2007) accessed 22 June 2009
......................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 25 July 2013
Republic of Maldives..........  [VP]
...................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
...................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 768
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Republic of the Maldive Islands..........  [VP]
.....................................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
République des Maldives..........  [VP]
.........................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 781
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 650
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 662
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 388-389
..................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 1186
..................  Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 868
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 731 ff.
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) 419
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 1282028
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 17
..................  ISO Handbook (1988) 768; 781
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) 56
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 27
..................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-58
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 66
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 23
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 716
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 716
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maldives
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)

 

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