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Definition of Falkland islands
1. Noun. A group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony.
Definition of Falkland islands
1. Proper noun. Overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic. Official name: Falkland Islands. Argentina contests the British sovereignty in the islands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Falkland islands
1. A british colony in the atlantic islands, comprising two principal islands, east falkland and west falkland. Its capital is stanley. Discovered in 1592, it was not occupied until the french settled there briefly in 1764. Later the english settled there but were expelled by the spanish in 1770. The falklands were claimed by argentina but were occupied in 1833 by the british who, after an april 1982 invasion by argentina, regained them in june. The islands were named by british captain john strong in 1690 for the fifth viscount falkland who financed strong's expedition. The spanish name for the islands, malvinas, is from the french malouins, inhabitants of st. Malo who attempted to colonise the islands in 1764. (12 Dec 1998)
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Literary usage of Falkland islands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"CHAPTER IX SANTA CRUZ, PATAGONIA, AND THE falkland islands Santa Cruz—Expedition
up the River—Indians—Immense Streams of Basaltic Lava—Fragments not ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1903)
"405), t«e members of the expedition on board this ship carried on investigations
in different parts of the falkland islands until September 11. ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1901)
"RN QUESTIONS connected with the discovery of the falkland islands are, no doubt,
of less general interest now than they were when Junius raised such a storm ..."
4. The International Geography by Hugh Robert Mill (1915)
"The falkland islands rise on the margin of the continental shelf of South America,
... The falkland islands. The climate, although not cold, is raw, ..."
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