maldive islands

English Thesaurus

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

instance hypernym	:	island,
definition	:	a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water (noun.object)

part holonym	:	maldives, republic of maldives,
definition	:	a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965 (noun.location)

part meronym	:	indian ocean,
definition	:	the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south (noun.object)