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Falkland Sound
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English
Etymology
Named by John Strong in 1690 for Viscount Falkland, the name only later being applied to the archipelago and its two largest islands.
Proper noun
Falkland Sound
en A southwest-northeast sea <<strait>> in the <<terr/Falkland Islands>>, separating East and West Falkland.
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