Falkland Islands

Falkland Islands
Overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic. Official name: Falkland Islands. Argentine contests the British sovereignty in the islands.

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  • Falkland Islands — (Islas Malvinas), group of islands in the Atlantic ocean east of Argentina which are an overseas territory of the UK, Islas Malvinas (in Spanish) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Falkland Islands — [fôk′lənd] British crown colony consisting of a group of islands in the S Atlantic, east of the tip of South America: also claimed by Argentina: 4,700 sq mi (12,173 sq km); pop. 2,100: Sp. name ISLAS MALVINAS …   English World dictionary

  • Falkland Islands — Falklands and Malvinas redirect here. For other uses of Falklands, see Falkland (disambiguation). For other uses of Malvinas, see Malvinas (disambiguation). Falkland Islands …   Wikipedia

  • Falkland Islands — /fawk leuhnd/ a self governing British colony also claimed by Argentina: site of a war between the two nations in 1982. 2000; 4618 sq. mi. (11,961 sq. km). Also called Falklands. Spanish, Islas Malvinas. * * * Spanish Islas Malvinas British self… …   Universalium

  • Falkland Islands — Îles Malouines 52°00′00″S 59°30′00″O / 52, 59.5 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Falkland Islands —    / Islas Malvinas    Islands off the coast of Argentina, 900 miles southeast of Buenos Aires. Although sparsely populated, cold, and windswept, the Falkland Islands (known as the Islas Malvinas, or Malvinas, in Argentina) have been a subject of …   Historical Dictionary of the “Dirty Wars”

  • Falkland Islands — Sp Fòlklandas (Malvinai) Ap Falkland Islands Ap Islas Malvinas L D. Britanijos valda P Atlante …   Pasaulio vietovardžiai. Internetinė duomenų bazė

  • Falkland Islands (islas Malvinas) — Introduction Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Background: Although first sighted by an English navigator in 1592, the first landing (English) did not occur until almost a century later in 1690, and the first settlement (French) was not… …   Universalium

  • Falkland Islands Holdings — plc (FIH) is a company which plays a key role in the economy of the Falkland Islands. It is a British registered company, with its head office in the town of Bishop s Stortford in England, and an operational office in Stanley, the capital of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Falkland Islands Dependencies — was the constitutional arrangement for administering the British territories in Sub Antarctica and Antarctica from 1843 until 1985. Those arrangements were first enacted by the British Letters Patent of 1843, and subsequently revised in 1876,… …   Wikipedia

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