Maldifīega
Þā Maldifīega sind īeghēap and rīce be naman Maldifīegena Cyneƿīse and in his aganspræc , Dhivehi Raa'jeyge Jumhooriyya.

Þās īega licgaþ in þæm Indiscan Gārsecge besūþƿesten Indie and Tāprabanan in þæm Laccadivesǣ. Se ƿrasen is siexe and tƿentig atollas and astrecceþ fram Minicoy þære īege oð þæm Ceagos Īeghēap. Hiera hēafodstōl and mǣste burg is Malé, þæs binama is þæs "Cyninges Īegland".

Þā Maldifīega sind rīce þærof is se hēafodgerim Mahometfolgend. Fram þæm siextienoþ gearhund cƿōm menn þāra Europiscum landum and nām ƿeald in þissum īegum, of Portugale, of þæm Niðerlandum and of Breten. Endlice ƿeardon þā Maldifīega sundorrīce of þæm Bryttiscum Rīce in 1965.

Þās īega geærniaþ hiera bileofen þurh ælþēodignesse and be fiscoþe.

Nama
Se nama Maldif meaht bēon of þæm Sanskrit geordes ƿordum mālā (healsƿriþa) and dvīpa (īeg), oððe මාල දිවයින Maala Divaina ("Healsbeag Īega") in Sinhalisce. Maldifƿare ƿæron benemnedon Dhivehin and þæt ƿord Dheeb/Deeb ƿæs in his ealdspræce Dhivehi, se is cynn þæs Sanskrit द्वीप dvīpa) se menþ "īeg", and Dhives (Dhivehin) menþ "īegbūends".

Sēo ealde Tāprabanisce bōc Mahawamsa spricþ of īegland ben naman Mahiladiva (se is "Ƿīfmanna Īeg") oððe महिलादिभ in Pali, ac þes naman meaht bēon misgeƿrōhted onƿendung of þæm Sanskritisce ƿord se menþ "healsƿriþa".

Frūman

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