Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands

English

Alternative forms

• Falkland Island (attributive)

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

1. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.

   Synonyms: Falklands, (see usage notes) Malvinas

Derived terms

• Falklander
• Falklandic
• Falkland Islander
• Falkland Islands wolf
• Falklands

 

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: 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 dvīpasmūh) 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) 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)

See also

• Countries of the world