| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Falkland Islands |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Falk·land Islands |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fôk l nd, fôlk- |
| VARIANTS: | In Spanish Is·las Mal·vi·nas ( släs mäl-vnäs) |
| A group of islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean east of the Strait of Magellan. Controlled by Great Britain since the 1830s, the islands are also claimed by Argentina and were occupied briefly by Argentinian troops in 1982 before being reoccupied by British forces.
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