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語源

Based on Malé Islands; from Malé, the name of the main island (from Dhivehi މާލެ (māle)) + Prakrit 𑀤𑀻𑀯 (dīva, “island”), from Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpá).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈmɒl.diːvz/, /ˈmɔːl.diːvz/, /ˈmɔːl.daɪvz/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈmɔl.daɪvz/, /ˈmæl.daɪvz/; (cot–caught merger) /ˈmɑl.daɪvz/; /-divz/
• (Maldive Islands): enPR: măl′dīv, môl′dīv

固有名詞

the Maldives pl (plural only)

1. An archipelago and country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of India. Official name: Republic of Maldives. Capital: Malé.
   • 2025 November 1, “Maldives becomes the only country with generational smoking ban”, in The Guardian‎, sourced from Agence France-Presse, archived from the original on 19 November 2025:

     The Maldives began implementing a smoking ban on anyone born after January 2007, becoming the only country with a generational prohibition on tobacco, according to its health ministry.

派生語

派生した語

• ⇒ Japanese: モルディブ (Morudibu)

参考

• Countries of the world

参照

Further reading

• Dictionary.com