Falkland
/ˈfɔː(l).klənd/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A village and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2507).
- 2 A viscountcy
- 3 Ellipsis of Falkland Islands. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
- 4 A town in Pitt County, North Carolina.
- 5 A community in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia.
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More examples"Argentina fought a war with Great Britain over the Falkland Islands."
Etymology
From either Scottish Gaelic falaichte (“hidden”), failc (“bathe, wash”), or falc (“heavy rain”) + Old English land.