Maldives vs country

Maldives and country both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Maldives	Yes	No	No	No
country	Yes	No	No	No

Maldives (noun)	country (noun)
a republic on the Maldive Islands; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1965	a politically organized body of people under a single government
a group of about 1,200 small coral islands (about 220 inhabited) in the Indian ocean	the people who live in a nation or country
	the territory occupied by a nation
	an area outside of cities and towns
	a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)