Falkland Islands

专有名词
中文释义
发音 fôk′lənd

英文释义

专有名词
  1. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic.
    — No trees have grown on the windswept Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean for tens of thousands of years — just shrubs and other low-lying vegetation. That’s why a recent arboreal discovery nearly 20 feet (6 meters) beneath the ground caught researchers’ attention.

词形变化

the Falkland Islands canonical,plural,singular Falkland Island alternative,attributive

词源

Name taken from the Falkland Sound, which was named for Viscount Falkland by John Strong, who landed on the islands in 1690.
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