English
Etymology
From Maldives + -ian.
Pronunciation
Adjective
Maldivian (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to the Maldives, the Maldivian people or the Maldivian language.
Translations
Of, from, or pertaining to the Maldives, the Maldivian people or the Maldivian language.
Noun
Maldivian (countable and uncountable, plural Maldivians)
- (countable) A person from the Maldives or of Maldivian descent.
- (uncountable) The official language of the Maldives.
- Synonym: Dhivehi
Translations
person
- Afrikaans: Malediver
- Asturian: maldivianu (ast) m, maldiviana (ast) f
- Bengali: মালদ্বীপীয় (bn) (maldipiẏo)
- Czech: Maledivan (cs) m, Maledivec (cs) m
- Danish: maldiver
- Dutch: Malediviër (nl) m, Maledivische (nl) f, Maldiviër (nl) m, Maldivische (nl) f
- Esperanto: maldivano (man or woman), maldivanino (woman)
- French: Maldivien (fr) m, Maldivais m, Maldivois (less frequent)
- Galician: maldivano (gl) m
- German: Malediver (de) m, Malediverin (de) f
- Hindi: मालदीवी m or f (māldīvī)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: maldiver m
- Nynorsk: maldiv (nn) m, maldivar (nn) m
- Polish: Malediwczyk (pl) m, Malediwka (pl) f
- Portuguese: maldivo m
- Romanian: maldivian m, maldiviană f
- Spanish: maldivo (es) m
- Swedish: maldivier (sv) c
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