Talk:Malé
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[edit] Tsunami
It must have been terrible for the people who lost their homes and family members in the Tsunami.I can only imagine what those people are going through. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.176.210.211 (talk • contribs) 01:04, 18 January 2005.
[edit] Spelling
Which one is the most preferred: Malé, Male' or Maale? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Chanheigeorge (talk • contribs) 08:53, 30 November 2005.
- written Malé, pronounced Maa-lé. --Oblivious 03:12, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
- Every map I've checked has "Maale" or "Maale (Male)". --Connel MacKenzie - wikt 09:44, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
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- You're all wrong. The correct spelling is Male' with an apostrophe, since it's an abbreviation of the old official name Malei. Most tourists just use the term Malé as it hints at the correct pronounciation and avoids confusion with the English term male. CloutierFan02 (talk) 23:13, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Size
How big is the island? Morganfitzp 03:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
- Looks rather small. According to this website:
- Male, the "capital island", is only 1.7 x 1.0 km in size. ♠ SG →Talk 04:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
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- Yeah it is very small and yet the place is full of Honda Wave Motorcycles, cars and of course 100,000+ people. Sweet eh? --Oblivious 13:37, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Growth for an expanding population
I think it may be time to expand the article to include encyclopedic text which briefly describes the growth project of the President Gayoom: Hulhumalé. As the article stands right now, there is a See Also link to Hulhumalé, but no contextual description that might lead the reader to choose to link there. There is a well-documented news story on this at [1]. N2e (talk) 14:20, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
