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Synonyms for island

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ahy-luh nd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈaɪ lənd

Top 10 synonyms for island
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Définition of island

Origin :
  • 1590s, earlier yland (c.1300), from Old English igland "island," from ieg "island" (from Proto-Germanic *aujo "thing on the water," from PIE *akwa- "water;" see aqua-) + land "land." Spelling modified 15c. by association with similar but unrelated isle. An Old English cognate was ealand "river-land, watered place, meadow by a river." In place names, Old English ieg is often used of "slightly raised dry ground offering settlement sites in areas surrounded by marsh or subject to flooding" [Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names]. Related: Islander.
  • noun land surrounded by body of water
Example sentences :
  • She's sitting up nights to corner all the Amalgamated Hard-luck on the island.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Then they launched the ship's boat, in which Bates had come to the island, and put out to sea.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I wonder how it would seem to live on such an island as this?
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Feeling sure that there was no one on the island but himself, he thought he was deceived.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • And, of this island realm, he and his companion were the undisputed sovereigns.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • There was no one in sight, but it was evident that a party from an American ship had visited the island.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He began to think busily, and finally resolved to go to the island and search for him.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • The island is well enough, but there's nothing like the deck of a good ship.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • That morning a rumor had reached the village of a famine in the island of Crete.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • "On the shore of that island beneath you," replied the voice.
  • Extract from : « The Gorgon's Head » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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