Hatteras Island
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- proper noun
- /ˈhætəˌræs ˈaɪlənd/
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Isla Hatteras
- The oceans are rising; Hatteras Island is migrating to the west.
- Cape Point on Hatteras Island
Examples
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Does anyone at the NC state level care about Hatteras Island?
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Tourists flock to Hatteras Island every summer to enjoy its beautiful beaches.
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Looks like the end for Hatteras Island real estate; the land is worth very little with no access.
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The reality is thousands of people are full-time residents of Hatteras Island, and over a million people have visited Hatteras Island in recent decades.
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The reality is thousands of people are full-time residents of Hatteras Island, and over a million people have visited Hatteras Island in recent decades.
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Damaged by Hurricane Sandy last month and a nor'easter the following week, the only land route to Hatteras Island was expected to be reopened by the holiday.
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Last year, Hurricane Irene poked a new inlet through the island, cutting the only road off Hatteras Island for about 4,000.
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Fishing enthusiasts love visiting Hatteras Island due to its rich marine life.
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The picturesque scenery on Hatteras Island attracts many nature photographers.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Hatteras + island
This is a straightforward proper-name + noun combination: knowing 'Hatteras' as a name and 'island' as 'a piece of land surrounded by water' lets a learner infer it is an island called Hatteras. While specific locational or cultural details (e.g., Outer Banks, North Carolina) are not deducible from the constituents, the basic geographic meaning is fully compositional and cross-linguistically transparent.
Etymology
Hatteras Island may come from the name of the local Native American people called the Hatteras. Early sailors and settlers used that name for the land, so the island still carries the same name today.