desert island

English

Etymology

See desert (“uninhabited”).

Noun

desert island (plural desert islands)

1. An uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics

Translations

an uninhabited island

• Dutch: onbewoond eiland n
• Finnish: autiosaari (fi)
• Greek: ερημονήσι (el) n (erimonísi), ερημόνησο (el) n (erimóniso)
• Hebrew: אִי בּוֹדֵד m (i bodéd)
• Hungarian: lakatlan sziget (hu)
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• Icelandic: eyðiey f, eyðieyja f
• Italian: isola deserta f
• Kalmyk: эҗго арл (ejgo arl)
• Russian: необитаемый остров (ru) (neobitajemyj ostrov)
• Welsh: ynys ddiserth f, ynysoedd diserth f pl