island

is·land

 (ī′lənd)

n.

1. Abbr. Isl. or Is. or I. A landmass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water.

2. Something resembling an island, especially in being isolated or surrounded, as:

a. An unattached kitchen counter providing easy access from all sides.

b. A raised curbed area, often used to delineate rows of parking spaces or lanes of traffic.

c. The superstructure of a ship, especially an aircraft carrier.

3. Anatomy A cluster of cells differing in structure or function from the cells constituting the surrounding tissue.

tr.v. is·land·ed, is·land·ing, is·lands

To make into or as if into an island; insulate: a secluded mansion, islanded by shrubbery and fences.

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[Alteration (influenced by isle) of Middle English ilond, from Old English īegland : īg, īeg; see ak^w-ā- in Indo-European roots + land, land; see lendh- in Indo-European roots.]

Word History: It may seem hard to believe, but Latin aqua, "water," is related to island, which originally meant "watery land." Aqua comes almost unchanged from Indo-European *akwā-, "water." *Akwā- became *ahwō- in Germanic by Grimm's Law and other sound changes. To this was built the adjective *ahwjō-, "watery." This then became *awwjō- or *auwi-, which in pre-English became *ēaj-, and finally ēg or īeg in Old English. Island, spelled iland, first appears in Old English in King Alfred's translation of Boethius about ad 888; the spellings igland and ealond appear in contemporary documents. The s in island is due to a mistaken etymology, confusing the etymologically correct English iland with French isle. Isle comes ultimately from Latin īnsula "island," a component of paenīnsula, "almost-island," whence our peninsula.

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island

(ˈaɪlənd)

n

1. (Physical Geography) a mass of land that is surrounded by water and is smaller than a continent

2. (Civil Engineering) See traffic island

3. (Anatomy) anatomy a part, structure, or group of cells distinct in constitution from its immediate surroundings.

vb (tr)

4. to cause to become an island

5. to intersperse with islands

6. to place on an island; insulate; isolate

[Old English īgland, from īg island + land; s inserted through influence of isle]

ˈisland-ˌlike adj

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is•land

(ˈaɪ lənd)
n.

1. a tract of land completely surrounded by water and not large enough to be called a continent.

2. something resembling an island, esp. in being isolated.

3. a freestanding unit with a counter or work surface on top, situated in the middle area of a room so as to permit access from all sides.

4. a clump of woodland in a prairie.

5. an isolated hill.

6. an isolated portion of anatomical tissue differing in structure from the surrounding tissue.

v.t.

7. to make into an island.

8. to dot with islands.

9. to place on an island; isolate.

[before 900; Middle English iland, Old English īgland, īland]

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island

Past participle: islanded
Gerund: islanding

Imperative

island

island

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island

A piece of land completely surrounded by a river, lake, sea, or ocean.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water Caribbean Island - an island in the Caribbean Sea Aegean island - an island in the Aegean Sea archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water barrier island - a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground" South Sea Islands - any islands in the southern or southwestern of central parts of the Pacific Ocean
	2.	island - a zone or area resembling an island kitchen island - an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides safety island, safety isle, safety zone, traffic island - a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians zone - a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features

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island

noun isle, inch (Scot. & Irish), atoll, holm (dialect), islet, ait or eyot (dialect), cay or key a day trip to the island of Gozo

Related words
adjective insular

Islands and island groups

Achill, Admiralty, Aegean, Aegina, Alcatraz, Aldabra, Alderney, Aleutian, Alexander, Amboina, Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar, Andreanof, Andros, Anglesey, Anguilla, Anticosti, Antigua, Antilles, Antipodes, Aran, Arran, Aru or Arru, Aruba, Ascension, Auckland, Azores, Baffin, Bahamas, Balearic, Bali, Banaba, Bangka, Banks, Baranof, Barbados, Barbuda, Bardsey, Barra, Basilan, Basse-Terre, Batan, Belau, Belle, Benbecula, Bermuda, Biak, Billiton, Bioko, Bohol, Bonaire, Bonin, Bora Bora, Borneo, Bornholm, Bougainville, British, Bute, Butung, Caicos, Caldy, Calf of Man, Campobello, Canary, Canna, Canvey, Cape Breton, Capri, Caroline, Cayman, Cebú, Ceylon, Channel, Chatham, Cheju, Chichagof, Chiloé, Chios, Choiseul, Christmas, Cocos, Coll, Colonsay, Coney, Cook, Corfu, Corregidor, Corsica, Crete, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyclades, Cyprus, Cythera, Delos, D'Entrecasteaux, Diomede, Disko, Diu, Djerba or Jerba, Dodecanese, Dominica, Dry Tortugas, Easter, Eigg, Elba, Ellesmere, Espíritu Santo, Euboea, Faeroes, Faial or Fayal, Fair, Falkland, Falster, Farquhar, Fernando de Noronha, Fiji, Flannan, Flinders, Flores, Florida Keys, Foula, Foulness, Franz Josef Land, French West Indies, Frisian, Fyn, Galápagos, Gambier, Gigha, Gilbert, Gotland, Gothland, or Gottland, Grand Bahama, Grand Canary, Grande-Terre, Grand Manan, Greater Antilles, Greater Sunda, Greenland, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadalcanal, Guam, Guernsey, Hainan or Hainan Tao, Handa, Hawaii, Hayling, Heard and McDonald, Hebrides, Heimaey, Heligoland, Herm, Hispaniola, Hokkaido, Holy, Hong Kong, Honshu, Hormuz or Ormuz, Howland, Ibiza, Icaria, Iceland, Imbros, Iona, Ionian, Ireland, Ischia, Islay, Isle Royale, Ithaca, Iwo Jima, Jamaica, Jan Mayen, Java, Jersey, Jolo, Juan Fernández, Jura, Kangaroo, Kauai, Keos, Kerrera, Kiritimati, Kodiak, Kos or Cos, Kosrae, Krakatoa or Krakatau, Kuril or Kurile, Kyushu or Kiushu, La Palma, Labuan, Lakshadweep, Lampedusa, Lanai, Lavongai, Leeward, Lemnos, Lesbos, Lesser Antilles, Levkás, Leukas, or Leucas, Lewis with Harris or Lewis and Harris, Leyte, Liberty, Lindisfarne, Line, Lipari, Lismore, Lolland or Laaland, Lombok, Long, Longa, Lord Howe, Luing, Lundy, Luzon, Mackinac, Macquarie, Madagascar, Madeira, Madura, Maewo, Mahé, Mainland, Majorca, Maldives, Malé, Malta, Man, Manhattan, Manitoulin, Marajó, Margarita, Marie Galante, Marinduque, Marquesas, Marshall, Martinique, Masbate, Mascarene, Matsu or Mazu, Maui, Mauritius, May, Mayotte, Melanesia, Melos, Melville, Mersea, Micronesia, Mindanao, Mindoro, Minorca, Miquelon, Molokai, Moluccas, Montserrat, Mount Desert, Muck, Mull, Mykonos, Nantucket, Nauru, Naxos, Negros, Netherlands Antilles, Nevis, New Britain, New Caledonia, Newfoundland, New Georgia, New Guinea, New Ireland, New Providence, New Siberian, Nicobar, Niue, Norfolk, North, North Uist, Nusa Tenggara, Oahu, Oceania, Okinawa, Orkneys or Orkney, Palawan, Palmyra, Panay, Pantelleria, Páros, Patmos, Pelagian, Pemba, Penang, Pescadores, Philae, Philippines, Phoenix, Pitcairn, Polynesia, Ponape, Pribilof, Prince Edward, Prince of Wales, Principe, Qeshm or Qishm, Queen Charlotte, Queen Elizabeth, Quemoy, Raasay, Ramsey, Rarotonga, Rathlin, Réunion, Rhodes, Rhum, Rialto, Roanoke, Robben, Rockall, Rona, Ross, Ryukyu, Saba, Safety, Saipan, Sakhalin, Salamis, Saltee, Samar, Samoa, Samos, Samothrace, San Cristóbal, San Juan, San Salvador, Santa Catalina, Sao Miguel, Sao Tomé, Sardinia, Sark, Savaii, Scalpay, Schouten, Scilly, Sea, Seil, Seram or Ceram, Seychelles, Sheppey, Shetland, Sicily, Singapore, Sjælland, Skikoku, Skokholm, Skomer, Skye, Skyros or Scyros, Society, Socotra, South, Southampton, South Georgia, South Orkney, South Shetland, South Uist, Spitsbergen, Sporades, Sri Lanka, St. Croix, St. Helena, St. John, St. Kilda, St. Kitts or St. Christopher, St. Lucia, St. Martin, St. Tudwal's, St. Vincent, Staffa, Staten, Stewart, Stroma, Stromboli, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Sumba or Soemba, Sumbawa or Soembawa, Summer, Sunda or Soenda, Tahiti, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tenedos, Tenerife, Terceira, Thanet, Thásos, Thera, Thousand, Thursday, Timor, Tiree, Tobago, Tokelau, Tombo, Tonga, Tortola, Tortuga, Trinidad, Tristan da Cunha, Trobriand, Truk, Tsushima, Tuamotu, Tubuai, Turks, Tutuila, Tuvalu, Ulva, Unimak, Upolu, Ushant, Vancouver, Vanua Levu, Vanuatu, Vestmannaeyjar, Victoria, Virgin, Visayan, Viti Levu, Volcano, Walcheren, Walney, West Indies, Western, Wight, Windward, Wrangel, Yap, Youth, Zante, Zanzibar

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Translations

جَزِيرَةٌجَزيرَة سَيْرجَزيرَه

остров

illa

ostrovrefýž

øtrafikø

InselöEiland

νησίνήσος

insulo

isla

ohutussaarsaar

saarisaareke

îlerefuge

द्वीप

otok

sziget

nusapulau

eyjaumferîareyjaey

isolaIsola di Manisolottosalvagente

島

섬

insula

salasalos gyventojassaugumo salelė

saladrošības saliņa

eilandenclave

øytrafikkøy

wyspa

ilha

insulă

остров

cestný ostrovostrov

otok

öskärholmekobbe

kisiwa

เกาะ

adaorta kaldırımröfüj

острів

đảo

安全岛岛岛屿

island

[ˈaɪlənd]

A. N → isla f; (in street) → refugio m, isla f (peatonal)
see also desert ¹

B. CPD → isleño

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island

[ˈaɪlənd] n → île f island nation

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island

n (lit, fig) → Insel f

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island

[ˈaɪlənd] n → isola (also traffic island) → isola f spartitraffico inv, salvagente m

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island

(ˈailənd) noun

1. a piece of land surrounded by water. The island lay a mile off the coast. eiland جَزيرَه остров ilha ostrov die Insel ø νησίisla saar جزیره saari îleאי द्वीप otok sziget pulau eyja isola 島 섬 sala sala pulau eilandøywyspa جزيره ilha insulă остров ostrov otok ostrvo ö เกาะ ada 島 острів جزیرہ hòn đảo 岛

2. (also traffic island) a traffic-free area, built in the middle of a street, for pedestrians to stand on. eiland جَزيرَة سَيْر остров (че) за пешеходци canteiro refýž die Verkehrsinsel trafikø νησίδα isla de peatones ohutussaar سکوی ایمنی liikenteenjakaja refuge אִי תְנוּעָה otok za pješake járdasziget jalur tengah umferðareyja isola pedonale 安全地帯 3 (횡단로 가운데의) 안전 지대 saugumo salelė drošības saliņa pulau pembahagi lalu lintas vluchtheuveltrafikkøywysepka ترافيكى جزيره د سرك په سر په سپينو خطونو رسم وې área de peões refugiu (pentru pietoni) островок безопасности (nástupný) ostrovček prometni otok pešačko ostrvo refug เกาะกลางถนน röfüj, orta kaldırım 安全島 острівець безпеки ٹریفک کے بیچ پیدل چلنے والوں کے کھڑے ہونے کی جگہ chỗ đứng tránh của người đi bộ 安全岛

ˈislander noun

eiland bewoner ساكِن جَزيرَه островитянин ilhéu ostrovan, -ka der/die Inselbewohner(in) øbo νησιώτηςisleño saarlane ساکن جزیره saaristolainen insulaire תוֹשָב אִי द्वीपवासी otočanin szigetlakó penduduk pulau eyjaskeggi isolano 島民 섬사람 salos gyventojas salinieks penduduk pulau eilandbewonerøyboer wyspiarz د جزيرى اوسيدونكى ilhéu insular островитянин ostrovan, -ka otočan ostrvljanin öbo ชาวเกาะ adalı, ada halkı 島民 остров'янин کسی جزیرے کا باشندہ người ở đảo 岛民

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island

→ جَزِيرَةٌ ostrov ø Insel νησί isla saari île otok isola 島 섬 eiland øy wyspa ilha остров ö เกาะ ada đảo 岛屿

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is·land

n. isla, nombre dado a un grupo celular o a un tejido aislado.

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