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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A village and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2507).
2. 2
   A viscountcy
3. 3
   Ellipsis of Falkland Islands. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
4. 4
   A town in Pitt County, North Carolina.
5. 5
   A community in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia.

Synonyms

All synonyms

falkland islandsfalkland islands

Example

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.

Related phrases

East FalklandFalkland IslanderFalkland IslandsFalkland SoundFalkland foxFalklands WarNewton of FalklandWest Falklandfalkland islanderfalkland islandsfalkland sound

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.