Long Island Sound
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- proper noun
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Sonido de Long Island
- The United Illuminating Co., which serves shoreline towns that were hit hard by storm surges from Long Island Sound, reported more than 143,000 outages by 11:30 p.m. Monday.
- water in Long Island Sound
Examples
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Forecasters say the storm surge could exceed nine feet in western Long Island Sound, driven partly by a full moon and high tides, and officials fear winds from the hurricane will keep the water from draining at low tide.
Blog text (15) -
We looked out over the Long Island Sound, and truly it was an incredible panorama.
Fiction book (1997) -
A few days ago, I looked out from my dorm window and saw a hill of grass and little kids in black shorts playing soccer and the clear blue water of Long Island Sound.
Fiction book (1997) -
The Long Island Sound's waves were surging in places like Fairfield and Bridgeport Monday morning.
Blog text (15) -
That's the question Riverhead Town Supervisor Sean Walter and some residents who live along the Long Island Sound are asking, as Hurricane Sandy has erased much of the beach that used to stand between their homes and the water.
Blog text (28) -
Seawater beaches ranged from extremely sheltered and semi-enclosed bay beaches to open-water beaches on Long Island Sound and the Atlantic.
Academic text (1997) -
On sunny days, we love to go sailing on Long Island Sound between the shores of New York and Connecticut.
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The rich marine life in Long Island Sound attracts many nature enthusiasts each summer.
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We enjoyed a quiet evening watching the sunset over Long Island Sound from our beach house.
Surface Forms
Morphology
This toponym is compositionally built from 'Long Island' (a known place) and 'sound' (a narrow stretch of water), so a learner who knows the words can infer it denotes a body of water associated with Long Island. While the precise geographic boundaries are specific, the semantic relationship is directly derivable and follows common cross-linguistic place‑naming patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Long Island Sound is a place name that shows the simple picture of the sea between Long Island and the nearby mainland. The word Sound was a word sailors used for 'a wide sea channel', so Long Island Sound today means the body of water between Long Island and Connecticut.