Falkland Islands
2
4.2
- proper noun
- /ˈfɔːklənd ˈaɪləndz/
- The Falkland Islands are known for their unique wildlife and stunning landscapes.
- Falkland Islands/Malvinas
- Falkland Islands in 1982
Examples
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Join Lin on a journey to the Falkland Islands where we will make a brief visit to the colorful and quaint town of Port Stanley.
Academic text (2001) -
Prior to the 1982 armed conflict between England and Argentina, three different British postage stamps were issued with maps of the Falkland Islands.
Academic text (1992) -
Additionally, the British Parliament passed an act in March 1983 that provides for the acquisition of British citizenship by the people of the Falkland Islands.
Academic text (1990) -
Reagan established a particularly strong relationship with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by supporting her effort to regain control of the Falkland Islands in 1982.
Academic text (1990) -
The loss of the Falkland Islands/Malvinas war in 1982 led directly to the exit of the Argentine military dictatorship the following year.
Academic text (1990) -
In 1933, to celebrate the centenary of its occupation of the Falkland Islands, Great Britain issued a set of postage stamps.
Academic text (1992) -
The Falkland Islands Government moved to regulate squid fishing in its 150-mile fisheries zone in early 1988, establishing a license system.
Academic text (1990) -
On February 1, 1946, Great Britain released a set of eight stamps that included a half-pence denomination with a map of the Falkland Islands and British Antarctic Territory.
Academic text (1992) -
The other set is a group of four stamps that are Falkland Islands issues (1983) employed to celebrate the first anniversary of their liberation from Argentine aggression.
Academic text (1992) -
In dependent territories (including Hong Kong, Gibraltar, and the Falkland Islands, among others), the rules for acquiring citizenship are similar to those for acquiring BC, except that the connection is with the dependent territory rather than the United Kingdom.
Academic text (1990)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Falkland + island
The structure is compositional: the proper name 'Falkland' plus the noun 'islands' clearly denotes a group of islands named Falkland, so a B1 learner who knows 'island' will infer it refers to a set of islands. While exact location or political status cannot be derived from the constituents, the basic referent (a collection of islands) is directly and transparently conveyed.
Etymology
Falkland Islands comes from an early English sailor who named the water between two islands Falkland Sound after a British noble, Viscount Falkland. That name stuck, so the whole group of islands became known as the 'Falkland Islands'.