Malvinas
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Defence officials had originally said that the four children, who became known as The Malvinas Four after the neighbourhood the were from, had been stopped by the patrol because they were suspects in a robbery.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025
He evoked Maradona and the soccer phenom Lionel Messi, as well as the 1980s war in the Malvinas — or the Falkland Islands — where hundreds of young draftees lost their lives.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2022
Argentina and Britain fought a short conflict in 1982 over sovereignty of the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic, known in Argentina as the Malvinas.
From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2022
There's even a book given to primary school children which in English translates as Pipino the Penguin, the Monster and the Malvinas.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2022
Brian Hanrahan said he saw one prisoner being interviewed who said they didn't even know what the Malvinas were or why they'd been brought there.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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