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islas malvinases

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Is⋅las Mal⋅vi⋅nas

[eez-lahz mahl-vee-nahs] .

Falkland Islands

[fawk-luhnd]
–noun
a self-governing British colony also claimed by Argentina: site of a war between the two nations in 1982. 2000; 4618 sq. mi. (11,961 sq. km).
Also called Falklands.
Spanish, Islas Malvinas.
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Falkland Islands [(fawk-luhnd, fawlk-luhnd)]

Group of islands in the south Atlantic Ocean, located east of the Strait of Magellan off the coast of Argentina.

Note: The islands, under British rule, were seized by Argentina in 1982, but were retaken by Britain.
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