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Definition island
Etymology
From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English ??land, ?e?land, ?aland (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *awj?land? (from Proto-Germanic *awj? (“island, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh?) + *land? (“land”), equivalent to ea + land. Cognate with Scots island, iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Danish ø (“island”), Norwegian øy (“island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”). The insertion of s—a 16th century spelling modification—is due to a change in spelling to the unrelated term isle, which previously lacked s (cf. Middle English ile, yle). The re-addition was mistakingly carried over to include iland as well. Related also to German Aue (“water-meadow”), Latin aqua (“water”). More at ea.
Noun
island (plural islands)
- A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
- An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
- A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
- A traffic island.
- (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.
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.
- (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.
- (transitive) To isolate.
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