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FALKLAND ISLANDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Falkland Islands mean?
• FALKLAND ISLANDS (noun)
The noun FALKLAND ISLANDS has 1 sense:
1. a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony
Familiarity information: FALKLAND ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)
Holonyms ("Falkland Islands" is a part of...):
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
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