Maldives

['mɔ:ldaɪvz;-dɪvz] or ['mɔldaɪvz;-dɪvz]

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

(noun.) a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965.

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