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Webster 1913 Edition
Island
Is′land
,Noun.
[OE.
iland
, yland
, AS. īgland
, [GREEK]gland
, [GREEK]glond
; īg
, [GREEK]g
, island + land
, lond
, land. AS. īg
, [GREEK]g
, is akin to AS. eá
water, river, OHG. [GREEK]uwa
, G. au
meadow, Icel. ey
island, Dan. & Sw. ö
, 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 ice3.
(Zool.)
See , 2.
Isle
, Noun.
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
,Verb.
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 deepSouthey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Island
ISLAND
,Noun.
1.
A tract of land surrounded by water.2.
A large mass of floating ice, is called an island of ice.Definition 2024
Island
Island
English
Proper noun
the Island
- (in New York City) Long Island (in New York State)
- (in British Columbia) Vancouver Island
- 2008, "Grizzlies at home on the Island", Times Colonist, 8 December 2008:
- A grizzly was photographed at Rugged Point near Kyuquot on the northwest coast of the Island in May, close to the time bears emerge from their dens, suggesting it had successfully hibernated on the Island.
- 2010, Beau Simpson, "One 'Grape escape' on Vancouver Island", Surrey Now, 12 October 2010:
- And so, my lovely girlfriend Kari and I headed to the Island for a weekend of wines and dines.
- 2011, Renee Andor, "His body hurts, but Vancouver Island circumnavigation record belongs to Angus", Comox Valley Record, 7 July 2011:
- Angus felt "fantastic" to have made it around the Island and beaten the record.
- For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:Island.
- 2008, "Grizzlies at home on the Island", Times Colonist, 8 December 2008:
German
Etymology
Borrowing from Old Norse Ísland.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːslant/
Proper noun
Island n (genitive Islands)
Derived terms
Livonian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /islɑnd/
Proper noun
Island
- Iceland
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Island – Island – Islande
- Iceland – Iceland – Iceland
- Island – Island – Islande
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
Declension of Island (135)
Usage notes
Perhaps by error LĒL lists this term as type 127 – vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like for Kanād the most regular type (135 – āigast) is given in this entry.
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐsland/
- Hyphenation: Is‧land
Proper noun
Ìsland m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝсланд)
Declension
Declension of Island
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Island |
| genitive | Islanda |
| dative | Islandu |
| accusative | Island |
| vocative | Islande |
| locative | Islandu |
| instrumental | Islandom |
Slovak
Proper noun
Island m (genitive Islandu) declension pattern dub
Declension
Declension of Island
| singulare tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Island |
| genitive | Islandu |
| dative | Islandu |
| accusative | Island |
| locative | Islande |
| instrumental | Islandom |
Derived terms
island
island
English
An island.
Alternative forms
Noun
island (plural islands)
- A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
- 2002, Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide
- Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.
- 2002, Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide
- An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
- an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
- an island of colour on a butterfly's wing
- 1939, Deseret News, October 27 1939, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality
- King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland "an Island of peace in the interests of all"
- A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
- (chiefly Britain) A traffic island.
- the island in the middle of a roundabout
- (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
- (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
Synonyms
- (land surrounded by water): ait, holm
- (an entity surrounded by other very different entities): oasis
Derived terms
Terms derived from island
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Related terms
Translations
area of land completely surrounded by water
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entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself
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Verb
island (third-person singular simple present islands, present participle islanding, simple past and past participle islanded)
- (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.
- 1933, Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
- We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.
- 1933, Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
- (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.
- (transitive) To isolate.
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, lines 1-2
- High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam
- Islanded in Severn stream.
- A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, lines 1-2
Synonyms
Translations
set, dot (as if) with islands
isolate
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See also
Statistics
Most common English words before 1923: directly · James · Greek · #933: island · special · memory · proved