FALKLAND ISLANDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Falkland Islands mean? 

• FALKLAND ISLANDS (noun)
  The noun FALKLAND ISLANDS has 1 sense:

1. a group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony

  Familiarity information: FALKLAND ISLANDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FALKLAND ISLANDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of over 100 islands in the southern Atlantic off the coast of Argentina; a British Crown Colony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Holonyms ("Falkland Islands" is a part of...):

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)