Falkland
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English
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Etymology
[edit]From either Scottish Gaelic falaichte (“hidden”), failc (“bathe, wash”), or falc (“heavy rain”) + Old English land.
Proper noun
[edit]Falkland
- A village and former royal burgh in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO2507).
- A viscountcy
- Short for Falkland Islands. (Malvinas)
- A town in North Carolina
Derived terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Scottish Gaelic
- English terms derived from Old English
- 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 short forms
- en:Towns in North Carolina, USA
- en:Towns in the United States
- en:Places in North Carolina, USA
- en:Places in the United States