Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Falkland en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɔː(l)klənd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈfoː(l)klənd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈfɔ(l)klənd/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈfɑklənd/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfoːklənd/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈfɔklənd/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈfɔlklənd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈfɒlklənd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈfɔlklənd/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Etymology

From either Scottish Gaelic falaichte (“hidden”), failc (“bathe, wash”), or falc (“heavy rain”) + Old English land.

Meanings

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

Deriveds

Falkland Sound · Falkland Islands · Falklands · Falkland Islander · Falklandic · Falklander · East Falkland · West Falkland · Falklands War · Falkland fox · Newton of Falkland