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Malouines

Malouines proper noun: falkland Islands.

Proper noun

the Malouines pl (plural only)

  1. (archaic, plural, plural-only) Falkland Islands.
    • Upon the 1st of April the restitution of the colony to the Spaniards was solemnized. Very few French profited by their king's permission to remain in the Malouines; almost all preferred to embark upon the Spanish frigates upon their leaving Montevideo.1880, Jules Verne, The Exploration of the World: The great navigators of the eighteenth century, page 77

Origin of Malouines

Unadapted borrowing from French Malouines.

Questions about Malouines

What does Malouines mean?
Malouines means falkland Islands.
What part of speech is Malouines?
Malouines is a proper noun.

Words near Malouines in the dictionary

  1. Malott
  2. Malotts
  3. Malouf
  4. Malouf syndrome
  5. Maloufs
  6. Malouines
  7. Malovăț
  8. Maloy
  9. Maloys
  10. malpais
  11. malpaises

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