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Falklands, n.|ˈfɔːlkləndz|
[The name of a group of islands in the South Atlantic about 300 miles east of Argentina.]
Used attrib. Also Falkland. a. Of or pertaining to the Falkland Islands.
1897Temple Bar CXI. 59 The Falkland group is made up of the East and West Falkland Islands, and of a large number of small islands. 1920Geophysical Mem. (Meteorol. Office) III. 98 The general eastward drift of the Southern Ocean... After rounding Cape Horn..divides into two branches..of which the westerly or Falkland current travels due northward west of the Falkland Islands. 1956Nat. Geogr. Mag. Mar. 398/2 (caption) Falkland housewives make jam from the fruit. 1974Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 10 Nov. 19/5 The egg-stealing Falklands skua, a bird which will attack a man if he gets too close to its nest. 1981Observer 18 Jan. 6/8 Falklands farmers are reluctant to guarantee the return passages of St Helenian immigrants.
b. Falklands conflict, Falklands war, the war between Britain and Argentina, April–June 1982, for control of the islands.
1982N.Y. Times 11 Apr. iv. 16 (headline) More than honor and oil in Falklands war. 1983Foreign Affairs LXI. 664 The sending of the British fleet into Latin American waters and the sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano..cast the Falklands conflict in a North–South context. 1986Jrnl. R. United Services Inst. Dec. 34/1 The Falklands conflict was, in the history of armed clashes between states, a mere skirmish. 1987Daily Tel. 22 May 14/5 He cites aspects of warfare from periods as far apart as the Roman Empire and the Falklands War.
c. Falklands effect (temporary), the favourable effect on the popularity of a ruling party of conducting a foreign war. Also transf. Similarly Falklands factor: see factor n. 7 e.
1982Sunday Times 2 May 3/2 Their data enables us to measure the ‘Falklands effect’, the gains the Tories stand to make if their improved standing as a result of the crisis lasts. 1985Washington Post 9 May a19/5 Mitterrand's personal initiative has been a hyperactive foreign policy, searching for what some European politicians..call a ‘Falklands effect’. |