Meanings
proper nounthe Malouines pl (plural only)
- archaicpluralplural onlyFalkland 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
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Origin
- FrenchMalouines
- EnglishMalouines
Unadapted borrowing from French Malouines.
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Malouines. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Malouines
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