Falklands

Proper noun

Meaning

the Falklands

Short for Falkland Islands, an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.

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The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb. Jorge Luis Borges

We had to fight the enemy without in the Falklands. We always have to be aware of the enemy within, which is much more difficult to fight and more dangerous to liberty. Margaret Thatcher

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return. Billy Bragg

Observe where the islands are located, how the continental shelf extends over that area and connects the coast with the islands. It's easy to see the natural correlation between them and the mainland. Indeed, the Falklands belonged, and will belong, to us both historically and geographically. Leopoldo Galtieri

I wasn't absolutely too sure where the Falklands was, and I didn't want to make a bloody fool of myself. Denis Thatcher

In my teens, I joined the Parachute Regiment. I jumped out of lots of airplanes, as much as the Government budget would allow us to. I did two active tours of duty: Northern Ireland, and then the Falklands war. Mark Burnett

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