island
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3.7
- noun
- /ˈaɪlənd/
:
isla
- In the middle of the bustling city, there is an island of tranquility where people can relax.
- forest islands
- raised islands
But there's no reason this island cannot be my stage.
- But there's no reason this island cannot be my stage.
- This city is no island, but full of islands full of overflow.
- But they made Hawaii and Japan volcanic islands act great places.
- There's Greece, there's Italy, there's these isolated islands, regions of Japan.
- We live on a Placid island of ignorance.
- And I was on this, this island and private island, and there's no weed.
- Actors are about saying we have islands of single threadedness logically.
- So happy at your private island after eating babies.
- And so it's, it's a, it's an island land.
- In front of a dark Gray island, the land has snapped.
Examples
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The recyclables collected on the island are melted and then shaped in molds by skilled residents.
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Those islands all look alike.
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Both of these documents gave this one island to both of these countries.
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The two men lived in different parts of the island, and to that point I knew nothing.
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And there are plenty of islands that were never let go.
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In the middle of busy Los Angeles, it seemed an island of peace and calm.
Fiction book (1990) -
The very symbols of our island nation, so close we could almost reach out and...
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But there's no reason this island cannot be my stage.
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I want to leave this island, but I can't.
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We watched the bus make its circle around the Buckhead traffic island to head back downtown.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
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9.0
A small island that often appears in poems or stories
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3.6
An island in the sea where no one lives
11
4.6
A long narrow sandy island near the coast that protects the mainland from waves and storms
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7.8
A ring of small coral islands that surrounds a central lagoon
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2.3
An island in the Caribbean Sea known for warm weather and beaches
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6.8
A very small island often in a river or lake
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9.9
A small island in a river
An old word for an area of land surrounded by water
A piece of land completely surrounded by water
A small island in a river or near a larger island
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.6
A long narrow sandy island near the coast that protects the mainland from waves and storms
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3.7
An island in New York Bay where many immigrants entered the United States from 1892 to 1954
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3.9
A stretch of water between Long Island and Connecticut on the US Atlantic coast
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2.8
The smaller of New Zealand's two main islands, with more people and separated from South Island by Cook Strait
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8.6
A battle in December 1941 where Japan captured Wake Island after American marines fought hard
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8.0
An island in New York Bay now called Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty
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2.1
A creamy sauce for salads and sandwiches made from mayonnaise and chopped pickles
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3.4
A large island off the southwest coast of British Columbia that is the largest on North America's west coast
A large island in Papua New Guinea and the largest in the Solomon Islands group
An island in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada known for scenic landscapes and Celtic culture
An island at the southern tip of Nova Scotia, Canada, known for many seabirds and its sea history
A fern from the Canary Islands and Madeira with soft, hairy underground stems like a hare's foot
An island off the coast of California visited for its beaches and natural beauty
An island near Juneau in southeast Alaska with many brown bears and dense forests
A large island off the northwest coast of Wales separated from the mainland by the Menai Strait
An island in the southeast of New York City that forms the main part of Manhattan
An island at the entrance of Galveston Bay off the Texas coast with an old city and beaches
An island in Mexico in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California with rugged cliffs and rare wildlife
An island in Hawaii that is the largest and known for volcanoes and black sand beaches
- Specialized
A pump at a service station that gives fuel to cars from underground tanks
An island in the English Channel near the coast of France that is a British Crown dependency
An island territory of Australia east of the mainland in the Pacific Ocean once used as a British prison colony
- Australian
A tall evergreen tree from Norfolk Island often grown as a house plant or decoration
- New Zealand
A New Zealand plant that lives many years and grows on high mountains with white woolly flower heads
A city in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River known for its Union prison during the Civil War
A small uninhabited island near the coast of Morocco claimed by both Morocco and Spain
An island off the coast of California known for beaches, resorts, and clear water
A large island in Cape Verde in the Atlantic with towns, volcanic hills, and colonial buildings
- Specialized
A cotton plant that makes very long, soft fibers grown on coastal islands
How Isolated
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word island is also used for a small area surrounded by something else because it comes from the same picture as a real isle: a place standing alone in a different area. That's why we call a patch of trees or flowers an 'island' when it is cut off from the rest.