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Island

Island Meaning & Definition
Island Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Island?

[n] a zone or area resembling an island
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Synonyms | Synonyms for Island:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Island: aerodrome | air base | airdrome | airfield | airport | ait | archipelagian | archipelagic | archipelago | atoll | bar | cay | close off | continental island | coral head | coral island | coral reef | cut off | enisle | field | heliport | holm | insular | insularity | insulate | insulated | island group | island-dotted | islanded | islandish | islandlike | islandology | islandy | isle | islet | isleted | isolated | key | landing | landing field | oceanic island | port | reef | sandbank | sandbar | seagirt | segregate | separate | sequester

See Also | Aegadean Islands | Aegadean Isles | Aegates | Aegean island | Anguilla | Antigua | Aran Islands | archipelago | Aruba | Atlantis | Baffin Island | Barbados | Barbuda | Bermuda | Bermudas | Bioko | Bonaire | Capri | Caribbean Island | Cayman Islands | Ceylon | Chiloe | China | Crete | Cuba | Curacao | Cyprus | Dominica | dry land | earth | Egadi Islands | Falkland Islands | Fiji Islands | Fijis | Formosa | Galapagos | Galapagos Islands | Greenland | Gronland | ground | Guadalupe Island | Guadeloupe | Haiti | Hayti | Hispaniola | Ischia | Isole Egadi | Ithaca | Ithaki | Jamaica | Kalaallit Nunaat | Kriti | land | Lemnos | Limnos | Montserrat | Nationalist China | Netherlands Antilles | Porto Rico | Puerto Rico | Redonda | Republic of China | Saba | safety island | safety isle | safety zone | Saint Eustatius | Saint Maarten | Saint Martin | Sao Tiago Island | Sardegna | Sardinia | Seeland | Sicilia | Sicily | Sjaelland | solid ground | Spitsbergen | Spitzbergen | St. Eustatius | St. Maarten | St. Martin | Taiwan | terra firma | Tobago | traffic island | Trinidad | Vanua Levu | Virgin Islands | Viti Levu | Zealand | zone

Island In Webster's Dictionary

\Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [=i]gland, ?gland, ?glond; [=i]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [=i]g, ?g, is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Cf. {Ait}, {Eyot}, {Ewer}, {Aquatic}.] 1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. {Continent}. 2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice. 3. (Zo["o]l.) See {Isle}, n., 2. {Islands of the blessed} (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.
\Is"land\, v. t. 1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle. --Shelley. 2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. --Southey.

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