Falkland
English
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Etymology
[edit]From either Scottish Gaelic falaichte (“hidden”), failc (“bathe, wash”), or falc (“heavy rain”) + Old English land.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɔː(l).klənd/, /ˈfɒl.klənd/
Audio (Southern England); /ˈfɔː(l).klənd/: (file) Audio (UK); /ˈfɒl.klənd/: (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.klənd/, /ˈfɑ.klənd/
- Rhymes: -ɔːklənd
- Hyphenation: Fal‧kland
Proper noun
[edit]Falkland
- A village and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2507).
- A viscountcy
- Ellipsis of Falkland Islands.
- A town in Pitt County, North Carolina.
- A community in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia.
Derived terms
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Falkland
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- English terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Old English
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ɔːklənd
- Rhymes:English/ɔːklənd/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Villages in Fife, Scotland
- en:Villages in Scotland
- en:Places in Fife, Scotland
- en:Places in Scotland
- English ellipses
- en:Towns in North Carolina, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- en:Places in the United States
- en:Villages in British Columbia, Canada
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in British Columbia, Canada
- en:Places in Canada
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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