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1. (noun) Maldives, Maldive Islands
a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean

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1. maldive islands
a chain of several hundred tiny coral islands in the Indian Ocean stretching 550 m. southward from a point 300 m. SW. of Cape Comorin, 200 of which are inhabited; Malé is the residence of the sultan, who is a tributary of the governor of Ceylon; the natives are akin to the Singhalese, and occupy themselves gathering cowries, cocoa-nuts, and tortoise-shell for exportation.

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