Preferred Label : falkland islands;
MeSH definition : A British colony in the Atlantic Islands, comprising two principal islands, East Falkland
and West Falkland. Its capital is Stanley. Discovered in 1592, it was not occupied
until the French settled there briefly in 1764. Later the English settled there but
were expelled by the Spanish in 1770. The Falklands were claimed by Argentina but
were occupied in 1833 by the British who, after an April 1982 invasion by Argentina,
regained them in June. The islands were named by British Captain John Strong in 1690
for the fifth Viscount Falkland who financed Strong's expedition. The Spanish name
for the islands, Malvinas, is from the French Malouins, inhabitants of St. Malo who
attempted to colonize the islands in 1764. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary,
1988, p389 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p182);
MeSH synonym : malvinas;
MeSH annotation : a Brit colony in the Atlantic Islands;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland Islands;
Origin ID : D019432;
UMLS CUI : C0349396;
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A British colony in the Atlantic Islands, comprising two principal islands, East Falkland
and West Falkland. Its capital is Stanley. Discovered in 1592, it was not occupied
until the French settled there briefly in 1764. Later the English settled there but
were expelled by the Spanish in 1770. The Falklands were claimed by Argentina but
were occupied in 1833 by the British who, after an April 1982 invasion by Argentina,
regained them in June. The islands were named by British Captain John Strong in 1690
for the fifth Viscount Falkland who financed Strong's expedition. The Spanish name
for the islands, Malvinas, is from the French Malouins, inhabitants of St. Malo who
attempted to colonize the islands in 1764. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary,
1988, p389 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p182)
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