Etymology

Malvinas

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Today it means: The Falkland Islands, the Falklands: An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, located in the South Atlantic. Full definition →

Spanish Malvinas ← French Malouines
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The story

  1. French · derived fromMalouines
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromMalvinas
  3. English todayMalvinas

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish Malvinas, from French Malouines.

Words from the same roots

FrenchMalouines all →

Malouines

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.