Malouines en · PROPN
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French Malouines.
Meanings
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(archaic, plural, plural-only) Falkland Islands.
Upon the 1st of April the restitution of the colony to the Spaniards was solemnized. Very few French profited by their king's permission to remain in the Malouines; almost all preferred to embark upon the Spanish frigates upon their leaving Montevideo.
1880, Jules Verne, The Exploration of the World: The great navigators of the eighteenth century, page 77:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Malouines | Number=Plur | canonical | lexicographic |