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îles Malouines

/il ma.lwin/

proper noun/il ma.lwin/

Falkland Islands (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic)

Synonyms: Malouines, îles Falkland

From malouin (“of Saint-Malo”), so named by explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville in 1764 because they were occupied by sailors from the French port of Saint-Malo.