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Date "FALKLAND" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1734. (references) |
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Literature | Falkland In Godwin's novel called Caleb Williams. He commits murder, and keeps a narrative of the transaction in an iron chest. Williams, a lad in his employ, opens the chest, and is caught in the act by Falkland. The lad runs away, but is hunted down. This tale, dramatised by Colman, is entitled The Iron Chest. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Falkland is a burgh in Fife, Scotland. The town is best known as the location of Falkland Palace, begun in 1500 by James IV, and the best example of French-influenced Renaissance architecture in the United Kingdom.
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Crosswords: FALKLAND |
| English words defined with "FALKLAND": crested penguin ♦ jackass penguin ♦ king penguin ♦ rock hopper ♦ Tussock grass. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "FALKLAND": Atlantic Islands ♦ Falkland Islander, Falkland Islands pound, fk ♦ Sortes Virgilianae. (references) |
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Clever | British Left Waffles on Falkland Islands (references; author: unknown) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Rincon Grande Ranch in the Falkland Islands - the SHACKLETON came here to pick up sheep carcasses for supplying Antarctic bases. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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Economic History | United Kingdom | There are, however, 13 former British colonies --including Bermuda, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, and others--which have elected to continue their political links with London and are known as United Kingdom Overseas Territories. (references) |
Political Economy | Argentina | In an effort to rally public support, the generals launched an unsuccessful military campaign to capture the Falkland Islands (the Malvinas) from the British in 1982. In the wake of the generals' defeat, democracy was restored to the country in 1983. (references) |
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| "FALKLAND" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "FALKLAND" is used about 196 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 196 | 21,868 |
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| United Kingdom | Falkland Islands Holdings |
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1. Falkland, NC (town, FIPS 22640) |
Expressions using "FALKLAND": Falkland Islander ♦ Falkland Islands ♦ Falkland Islands (islas Malvinas) ♦ Falkland Islands pound ♦ the falkland islands. Additional references. | |
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Danish | fra Falklandsøerne (Falkland Islander), FKP (Falkland Islands pound), FK (Falkland Islands, Management Committee), Falklandsøerne (Falkland Islands), Falklands pund (Falkland Islands pound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | FKP (Falkland Islands pound), FK (Falkland Islands), Falklandeilandse (Falkland Islander), Falklandeilands pond (Falkland Islands pound), Falklandeilander (Falkland Islander), Falklandeilanden en onderhorigheden (Falkland Islands), Falklandeilanden (Falkland Islands). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | FKP (Falkland Islands pound), FK (Falkland Islands), Falklandinsaarten punta (Falkland Islands pound), Falklandinsaaret (Falkland Islands), falklandinsaarelainen (Falkland Islander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | FKP (Falkland Islands pound, Falkland Islands pound-ISO code), FK (Falkland Islands, Falklands Islands(Malvinas)-ISO code), sprat des îles Falkland (Falkland sprat), livre des Falkland (Falkland Islands pound), livre des îles Falkland-code ISO (Falkland Islands pound-ISO code), les Iles Falkland (Falkland Islands), des îles Falkland (Falkland Islander), îles Malouines (Falkland Islands), îles Falkland (Falkland Islands). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | FKP (Falkland Islands pound), FK (Falkland Islands, Finance Committee, foreign body, liquid crystal), Falkland-Pfund (Falkland Islands pound), Falkland-Inseln (Falkland islands (malvinas) (fk)), Falklandinseln (Falkland Islands), Falkländerin (Falkland Islander), Falkländer (Falkland Islander). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | FKP (Falkland Islands pound), FK (Falkland Islands), Νήσοι Φώκλαντ· Νήσοι Φάλκλαντ (Falkland Islands), Νήσοι Φώκλαντ (Falkland Islands), λίρα Νήσων Φώκλαντ (Falkland Islands pound-ISO code), λίρα Φώκλαντ (Falkland Islands pound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Isole Falkland (falkland islands). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | alklandfay FKP (Falkland Islands pound), FK (Falkland Islands), falklandês (Falkland Islander), libra das Falkland (Falkland Islands pound), Ilhas Falkland (Falkland Islands), espadilha das Falkland (Falkland sprat). (various references) фолклендские остров (falkland islands), Фолклендские острова (Falkland Islands). (various references) Islas Malvinas (Falkland Islands, Falklands). (various references) från Falklandsöarna (Falkland Islander), FKP (Falkland Islands pound), FK (Falkland Islands), Falklandspund (Falkland Islands pound), Falklandsöarna (the falkland islands). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Sprattus fuegensis. (various references) |
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"FALKLAND" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dalsland, falkplan, Fleckalm. (additional references) | |
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| Words within the letters "a-a-d-f-k-l-l-n" | |
-3 letters: aland, flank. | |
-4 letters: alan, alfa, anal, dank, fall, flak, flan, kana, land, lank, nada. | |
-5 letters: aal, ala, all, ana, and, dak, dal, fad, fan, kaf, lad. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 41 4C 4B 4C 41 4E 44 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- .-.. -.- .-.. .- -. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000001 01001100 01001011 01001100 01000001 01001110 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F A L K L A N D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0041 004C 004B 004C 0041 004E 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4035464546354838 |
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