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Falkland, British Columbia Falkland is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community located in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. Recognized as being home to one of Canada, Canada's largest Canadian flags, and the annua ...
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Falkland, Nova Scotia Fergusons Cove is a suburban community within the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Nova Scotia on the western shore of Halifax Harbour between Purcell's Cove and Herring Cove along Route 253. The first 3 digits of the postal code in the ar ...
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Falkland Islands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Dub ...
, an archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean **
Falklands Crisis of 1770 The Falklands Crisis of 1770 was a diplomatic standoff between Great Britain and Spain over possession of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. These events were nearly the cause of a war between Britain and Spain—backed by Franceâ ...
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Falklands War The Falklands War () was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories, British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands Dependenci ...
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Falkland, Fife Falkland is a village, parish, and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, at the foot of the Lomond Hills. According to the 2022 census it has a population of 1,041. Etymology The earliest forms of this name include ''Falleland'' (c. 1128) and ...
, a former burgh in Fife, Scotland **
Falkland Palace Falkland Palace, in Falkland, Fife, Scotland, is a royal palace of the Scottish kings. It was one of the favourite places of Mary, Queen of Scots, who took refuge there from political and religious turmoil of her times. Today it is under th ...
, royal residence of the Kings of Scots in Falkland, Fife, Scotland **
Viscount Falkland Viscount Falkland is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. The name refers to the royal burgh of Falkland in Fife. History The title was created in 1620 by King James VI for Sir Henry Cary, a member of the Cary family. He was born in Her ...
, a Scottish peerage title, named after Falkland, Fife, Scotland *
Falkland, North Carolina Falkland is a town in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 47 at the 2020 census, making it the least populous town in Pitt County. The town is a part of the Greenville Metropolitan Area located in North Carolina's I ...
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Falkland (Redd Shop, Virginia) Falkland is a historic plantation house located at Redd Shop, Prince Edward County, Virginia. It was built about 1750, and the frame dwelling consists of a two-story, four-bay, central block with one-story flanking wings. It has a hall-and-pa ...
, U.S., a historic plantation house * ''Falkland'' (novel), an 1827 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton


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Falkland Ridge, Nova Scotia Falkland Ridge is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Annapolis County. Toponomy The community is likely named for Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland, Governor of Nova Scotia The following is a list of the go ...
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Falkland Sound The Falkland Sound () is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands. Running southwest-northeast, it separates West and East Falkland. Name The sound was named by John Strong in 1690 for Viscount Falkland, the name only later being applied to th ...
, a strait separating
West Falkland West Falkland () is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic. It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound. Its area is , 37% of the total area of the islands. Its coastline is long. Popula ...
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East Falkland East Falkland () is the largest island of the Falkland Islands, Falklands in the South Atlantic, having an area of or 54% of the total area of the Falklands. The island consists of two main land masses, of which the more southerly is known as L ...
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South Falkland South Falkland was an English colony in Newfoundland established by Henry Cary, 1st Viscount Falkland, in 1623 on territory in the Avalon Peninsula including the former colony of Renews. Cary appointed Sir Francis Tanfield, his wife's cousin ...
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Folkland (disambiguation) Folkland may refer to: * Folkland (Swedish provinces), the original Swedish provinces of Tiundaland, Attundaland, Fjärdhundraland, and Roden (Roslagen) which in 1296 united to form the modern province of Uppland * A type of land tenure under Angl ...
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Malvinas (disambiguation) Malvinas is the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the south Atlantic Ocean which is a British Overseas Territory. Malvinas, Malvinas Islands or Islas Malvinas may also refer to: * Malvinas Islands (Chile), a group of islan ...
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Malvina (disambiguation) Malvina is a feminine given name derived from the Gaelic, invented by the Scottish poet James Macpherson. Malvina may also refer to: * Malvina, Mississippi * ''Malvina'', an opera by Nicola Vaccai * ''Malvina'', A shipwreck off the Yorkshire co ...
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