[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.397 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.397 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.397 - **Language:** English ### [c10.397](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.397) ANCHEDIVA, ANJEDIVA, n.p. A small island off the W. coast of India, a little S. of Carwar, which is the subject of frequent and interesting mention in the early narratives. The name is interpreted by Malayālim as \*añju-divu\*, ‘Five Islands,’ and if this is correct belongs to the whole group. This may, however, be only an endeavour to interpret an old name, which is perhaps traceable in ’Αγιδίων Νῆσος of Ptolemy. It is a remarkable example of the slovenliness of English professional map-making that Keith Johnston’s \*Royal Atlas\* map of India contains no indication of this famous island. \[The \*Times Atlas\* and Constable’s \*Hand Atlas\* also ignore it.\] It has, between land surveys and sea-charts, been omitted altogether by the compilers. But it is plain enough in the Admiralty charts; and the way Mr Birch speaks of it in his translation of Alboquerque as an “Indian seaport, no longer marked on the maps,” is odd (ii. 168). - [Previous: c10.396](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.396) - [Next: c10.398](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.398) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.397](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.397) · Pramāṇa