Laccadive
Laccadive is a historic term used to refer to a group of islands and the adjacent sea area in the northern Indian Ocean. The name appears in older cartography and maritime writings and is closely associated with the Laccadive Sea, a marginal sea lying between the southwestern coast of India and the Maldives. In modern usage, Lakshadweep is the contemporary name for the archipelago, and Lakshadweep and Laccadive Sea are the more common terms in official and geographic contexts.
The Laccadive Sea is a shallow, tropical sea that forms part of the northern Indian Ocean. It
The Laccadive Islands, administratively known as Lakshadweep, constitute a union territory of India. The archipelago comprises
The term Laccadive, while historic, is largely superseded by Lakshadweep in official usage. It remains encountered