Island

See also island, Ísland, and Island'

English

Proper noun

the Island

1. (in New York City) Long Island (in New York State)
2. (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 the citations page.

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Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Island m

1. Iceland (country)
2. Iceland (island)

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Danish

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Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Estonian

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Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland (country)
2. Iceland (island)

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German

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈiːslant/

Proper noun

Island n

1. Iceland

Related terms

• isländisch
• Isländisch
• Isländer
• Isländerin

See also

• Reykjavik

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Norwegian

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Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

Related terms

• islending
• islandsk

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ǐsland/
• Hyphenation: Is‧land

Proper noun

Ìsland m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝсланд)

1. Iceland

Declension

    declension of Island

	singular
nominative	Island
genitive	Islanda
dative	Islandu
accusative	Island
vocative	Islande
locative	Islandu
instrumental	Islandom

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Slovak

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Proper noun

Island m, Islandy pl

1. Iceland

Declension

• nom Island
• gen Islandu
• dat Islandu
• acc Island
• voc Island
• loc Islande
• ins Islandom

Derived terms

• Islanďan
• islandčina
• islandský, islandská, islandské

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Swedish

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Proper noun

Island n

1. Iceland

Derived terms

• isländare
• isländsk
• isländska