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Falklands en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈfɔlkləndz/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio SSB
  • /ˈfɒlkləndz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈfoː(l)kləndz/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈfɔlkləndz/ (British, Southern, Standard)
  • /ˈfɑkləndz/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • /ˈfɔː(l)kləndz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈfɔkləndz/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /ˈfɔ(l)kləndz/ (Scotland)
  • /ˈfoːkləndz/ (Australia, New-Zealand)

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Falkland Islands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.
    • The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination. 2013 January 3, Luke Harding, Uki Goni, The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Falkland alternative, attributive lexicographic
the Falklands canonical lexicographic

Relateds

Falklander · Falklands fritillary · Falklands War · Falkland · Falkland Islands · Falkland Sound · Falklands factor · Falkland Islander