Lakshadweep Islands

British  

/ lækˈʃædwiːp /

plural noun

1. Former name (until 1973): Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands.  a group of 26 coral islands and reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India: a union territory of India since 1956. Administrative centre: Kavaratti Island. Pop: 60 595 (2001). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

"The long-term stability of Lakshadweep islands depends on the ecological integrity of her coral reefs, lagoons and beaches," says Rohan Arthur, a marine biologist and coral reef ecologist who has researched the islands since 1996.

From BBC

The U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement earlier that the USS John Paul Jones on Wednesday “asserted navigational rights and freedoms approximately 130 nautical miles west of the Lakshadweep Islands, inside India’s exclusive economic zone, without requesting India’s prior consent, consistent with international law.”

From Washington Times

She believed the lie Ijas had told his parents: that he was taking a new job at a hospital in the Lakshadweep Islands.

From Washington Post

A few weeks later, Ijas and his family left, saying he had gotten a job in a hospital in the Lakshadweep Islands.

From Washington Post

A number of places in the Indian Ocean, such as Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles, Maldives, and Lakshadweep islands, are known to display a slightly stronger gravitational field than expected.

From Science Magazine