Falklands

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔːlkləndz/, /ˈfɔːkləndz/, /ˈfɒlkləndz/
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Falklands

  1. Short for Falkland Islands, an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.
    • 2013, Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism (in The Guardian, 3 January 2013)
      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.
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