motu

Examples

• All

• After a short boat ride, we arrived at the secluded motu, where we could fish and swim in clear waters.

• On the motu at Maupiti, Venus with Chinese eyes, twenty-four years old.

  Academic text (1996)

• One held on the motu (reef island) had guests who changed into pareu or shorts before boarding canoes for the motu.

  Academic text (1994)

• One held on the motu (reef island) had guests who changed into pareu or shorts before boarding canoes for the motu.

  Academic text (1994)

• We spent the day relaxing on a beautiful motu, enjoying the sunshine and the sound of the waves.

Synonyms

I

island

vsmotu

∞ 1.0

A piece of land completely surrounded by water smaller than a continent

is a specific small, low type found in tropical lagoons

K

key

vsmotu

• US

95 8.3

A small low island often with sand and surrounded by sea

is a similar low landmass but mainly found in tropical lagoons

I

isle

vsmotu

• Literature

71 9.0

A small island that often appears in poems or stories

is similar in size but used for shallow tropical lagoon places

I

islet

vsmotu

6 6.8

A very small island often in a river or lake

is similarly very small but occurs in tropical lagoon settings

I

ile

vsmotu

• Archaic

1 9.9

An old word for an area of land surrounded by water

is a particular low tropical lagoon form rather than a general term

A

ait

vsmotu

• Archaic

1 9.9

A small island in a river

is a low tropical lagoon landform rather than a river feature

H

holm

vsmotu

• Archaic

8.9

A small island in a river or near a larger island

is a tropical, low lagoon form rather than river or coastal ones

How Big

island

∞ 1.0

motu

• Australian

1 9.9

islet

6 6.8

sandbar

• US

8 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology