1) Divided region 
The Maldives Islands is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean composing today’s Republic of Maldives and the island of Minicoy in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep of India. Historically Minicoy was within the domain of the sultans of the Maldives. In 1790 Minicoy was surrendered to the Court of Directors of the East India Company and thus bec... ===International Space Station, March of 2009=== ...
noun a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean