Noun maldives has 2 senses
  1. Maldives, Republic of Maldives - a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965
    --1 is a kind of country, state, land
    --1 is a part of Maldives, Maldive Islands
    --1 has parts: Male
    --1 has members: Maldivian, Maldivan
  2. Maldives, Maldive Islands - a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean
    --2 is a kind of island
    --2 is a part of Indian Ocean
    --2 has parts: Maldives, Republic of Maldives
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