General Reference
- Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlklənd ˈaɪləndz/
- Common English country names: The Falkland Islands, the Falklands
- Official English country name: The Falkland Islands
- Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Falkland Island
- Demonym(s): Falkland Islander
- Etymology: Name of the Falkland Islands
- ISO country codes: FK, FLK, 238
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:FK
- Internet country code top-level domain: .fk
Read more about this topic: Topic Outline Of The Falkland Islands
Famous quotes containing the words general and/or reference:
“According to the historian, they escaped as by a miracle all roving bands of Indians, and reached their homes in safety, with their trophies, for which the General Court paid them fifty pounds. The family of Hannah Dustan all assembled alive once more, except the infant whose brains were dashed out against the apple tree, and there have been many who in later time have lived to say that they have eaten of the fruit of that apple tree.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Meaning is what essence becomes when it is divorced from the object of reference and wedded to the word.”
—Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)