Falklandsn.

Brit.

/ˈfɔː(l)kləndz/,

/ˈfɒlkləndz/, U.S.

/ˈfɔklən(d)z/,

/ˈfɑklən(d)z/

Etymology: < the name of the Falkland Islands (also referred to as the Falklands), a group of islands in the South Atlantic about 300 miles east of Argentina.The islands are named after Falkland Sound, which separates the two main islands, and was itself named in honour of Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland (1656–94), Scottish nobleman and English politician.

Used attributively. Also Falkland.

a. Of or relating to the Falkland Islands.

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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > South Atlantic islands > [adjective] > relating to South Atlantic Islands

Falklands1897

St. Helenian1957

Tristanian1969

1897 Temple Bar CXI. 59 The Falkland group is made up of the East and West Falkland Islands, and of a large number of small islands.

1920 Geophysical Mem. (Meteorol. Office) No. 15. 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.

1956 National Geographic Mag. Mar. 398/2 (caption) Falkland housewives make jam from the fruit.

1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Nov. 19/5 The egg-stealing Falklands skua, a bird which will attack a man if he gets too close to its nest.

1981 Observer 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.

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society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other specific war

Punic War1556

Vandal war1613

American Civil War1775

Seven Years War1775

Revolutionary Wara1784

Peninsular war1811

Great War1815

Mormon war1833

opium war1841

the Thirty Years' War1841

the Thirty Years' War1842

Mexican War1846

Napoleonic War1850

Crimean War1854

Hundred Years War1874

Balkan war1881

Boer War1883

Winter War1939

Six Day War1967

Yom Kippur War1973

Gulf War1981

Falklands conflict1982

1982 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. iv. 16 (headline) More than honor and oil in Falklands war.

1983 Foreign 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.

1986 Jrnl. Royal United Services Inst. Dec. 34/1 The Falklands conflict was, in the history of armed clashes between states, a mere skirmish.

1987 Daily 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 n. (temporary), the favourable effect on the popularity of a ruling party of conducting a foreign war. Also transferred. Similarly Falklands factor: see factor n. 7b.

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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > specific cause and effect theories

domino1954

Falklands effect1982

1982 Sunday 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.

1985 Washington 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’.

Draft additions March 2012

Falkland Island wolf n. (also Falkland Islands wolf) an extinct wolf-like dog, Dusicyon australis, which was endemic to the Falkland Islands (where it was the only native land mammal) but was exterminated in 1876; also called Falkland Islands fox, Antarctic wolf.The Falkland Islands wolf is believed to be related to the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus, of South America.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > other types

red wolf1823

hill-fox1838

kuri1838

zorro1838

Falkland Island wolf1857

bush dog1883

guara1884

1857 National Mag. May 487/1 The Falkland Islands wolves subsist almost exclusively on the upland geese; which, from fear of them..build only on the small outlying islets.

1905 Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci. 4 27 South America has no representative true wolves except the Falkland Island wolf.

1977 Science 30 Sept. 1341/2 Taking all features together it seems that the Falkland Island wolf was either a relic of a domesticated form of Dusicyon or a feral hybrid evolved from a cross between a domestic Canis species and a Dusicyon species.

2011 J. P. Rafferty Carnivores 59 Genetic evidence suggests that the Falkland Islands, or Antarctic, wolf (Dusicyon australis), now extinct, diverged from North American wolves some six million years ago.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	falklands
释义	Falklandsn. Brit. /ˈfɔː(l)kləndz/, /ˈfɒlkləndz/, U.S. /ˈfɔklən(d)z/, /ˈfɑklən(d)z/ Etymology: < the name of the Falkland Islands (also referred to as the Falklands), a group of islands in the South Atlantic about 300 miles east of Argentina.The islands are named after Falkland Sound, which separates the two main islands, and was itself named in honour of Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland (1656–94), Scottish nobleman and English politician. Used attributively. Also Falkland. a. Of or relating to the Falkland Islands. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > South Atlantic islands > [adjective] > relating to South Atlantic Islands Falklands1897 St. Helenian1957 Tristanian1969 1897 Temple Bar CXI. 59 The Falkland group is made up of the East and West Falkland Islands, and of a large number of small islands. 1920 Geophysical Mem. (Meteorol. Office) No. 15. 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. 1956 National Geographic Mag. Mar. 398/2 (caption) Falkland housewives make jam from the fruit. 1974 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 10 Nov. 19/5 The egg-stealing Falklands skua, a bird which will attack a man if he gets too close to its nest. 1981 Observer 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. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other specific war Punic War1556 Vandal war1613 American Civil War1775 Seven Years War1775 Revolutionary Wara1784 Peninsular war1811 Great War1815 Mormon war1833 opium war1841 the Thirty Years' War1841 the Thirty Years' War1842 Mexican War1846 Napoleonic War1850 Crimean War1854 Hundred Years War1874 Balkan war1881 Boer War1883 Winter War1939 Six Day War1967 Yom Kippur War1973 Gulf War1981 Falklands conflict1982 1982 N.Y. Times 11 Apr. iv. 16 (headline) More than honor and oil in Falklands war. 1983 Foreign 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. 1986 Jrnl. Royal United Services Inst. Dec. 34/1 The Falklands conflict was, in the history of armed clashes between states, a mere skirmish. 1987 Daily 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 n. (temporary), the favourable effect on the popularity of a ruling party of conducting a foreign war. Also transferred. Similarly Falklands factor: see factor n. 7b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [noun] > specific cause and effect theories domino1954 Falklands effect1982 1982 Sunday 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. 1985 Washington 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’. Draft additions March 2012 Falkland Island wolf n. (also Falkland Islands wolf) an extinct wolf-like dog, Dusicyon australis, which was endemic to the Falkland Islands (where it was the only native land mammal) but was exterminated in 1876; also called Falkland Islands fox, Antarctic wolf.The Falkland Islands wolf is believed to be related to the maned wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus, of South America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Canis > other types red wolf1823 hill-fox1838 kuri1838 zorro1838 Falkland Island wolf1857 bush dog1883 guara1884 1857 National Mag. May 487/1 The Falkland Islands wolves subsist almost exclusively on the upland geese; which, from fear of them..build only on the small outlying islets. 1905 Bull. Southern Calif. Acad. Sci. 4 27 South America has no representative true wolves except the Falkland Island wolf. 1977 Science 30 Sept. 1341/2 Taking all features together it seems that the Falkland Island wolf was either a relic of a domesticated form of Dusicyon or a feral hybrid evolved from a cross between a domestic Canis species and a Dusicyon species. 2011 J. P. Rafferty Carnivores 59 Genetic evidence suggests that the Falkland Islands, or Antarctic, wolf (Dusicyon australis), now extinct, diverged from North American wolves some six million years ago. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1857
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