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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Name taken from the Falkland Sound, which was named for Viscount Falkland by John Strong, who landed on the islands in 1690.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfɔːlklənd ˌaɪləndz/, /ˈfɔːklənd ˌaɪləndz/, /ˈfɒlklənd ˌaɪləndz/
Proper noun
the Falkland Islands sg or pl
- An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.
- Synonyms: Falklands, Malvinas (see usage notes), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (UN usage)
Derived terms
Translations
overseas territory of the UK in the South Atlantic
- Arabic: جُزُر فُوكْلَانْد f pl (juzur foklānd), جُزُر فُوكْلَنْد f pl (juzur fūkland), جُزُر فُولْكْلَنْد f pl (juzur fūlkland)
- Breton: inizi Falkland
- Bulgarian: Малви́нски о́строви m pl (Malvínski óstrovi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 福克蘭群島／福克兰群岛 (zh) (Fúkèlán qúndǎo)
- Danish: Falklandsøerne (da) pl
- Dutch: Falklandeilanden (nl) pl
- Esperanto: Falklandoj
- Estonian: Falklandi saared, Malviini saared
- Finnish: Falklandinsaaret (fi)
- French: îles Malouines (fr) f pl, îles Falkland (fr) f pl
- Georgian: ფოლკლენდის კუნძულები (polḳlendis ḳunʒulebi), მალვინის კუნძულები (malvinis ḳunʒulebi)
- German: Falklandinseln (de) pl
- Greek: Νήσοι Φώκλαντ (el) f pl (Nísoi Fóklant)
- Hebrew: איי פוקלנד pl (iyey foklend)
- Hindi: माल्विनास द्वीपसमूह (hi) m (mālvinās dvīpsamūh)
- Hungarian: Falkland-szigetek (hu)
- Icelandic: Falklandseyjar f pl
- Interlingua: Falklands, Malvinas
- Italian: isole Falkland f pl, isole Malvine f pl
- Japanese: フォークランド諸島 (Fōkurando-shotō)
- Korean: 포클랜드 제도 (ko) (Pokeullaendeu jedo)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Giravên Falklandê (ku) pl
- Latvian: Folklenda Salas f pl
- Macedonian: Фолкландски Острови m pl (Folklandski Ostrovi)
- Norman: Îles Falkland f pl
- Norwegian: Falklandsøyene
- Polish: Falklandy (pl), Malwiny (pl)
- Portuguese: ilhas Falkland f pl, ilhas Malvinas f pl
- Romanian: Insulele Falkland, Insulele Malvine f pl
- Russian: Фолкле́ндские острова́ m pl (Folkléndskije ostrová), Фолкле́нды m pl (Folkléndy), Мальви́нские острова́ m pl (Malʹvínskije ostrová), Мальви́ны m pl (Malʹvíny)
- Serbo-Croatian: Folklandska ostrva n pl, Malvinska ostrva n pl, Falklandski Otoci
- Spanish: islas Malvinas f pl
- Swedish: Falklandsöarna (sv)
- Tagalog: Mga Pulong Malbinas
- Turkish: Falkland Adaları (tr)
- Ukrainian: Фолкле́ндські острови́ m pl (Folkléndsʹki ostrový)
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