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Island ˈaɪlənd Noun Bre Spent Week Greek Kos

Word island
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈaɪlənd / NAmE / ˈaɪlənd /
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  • we spent a week on the greek island of kos.
  • a remote island off the coast of scotland
  • no place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of suffering.
  • fiji is a small south pacific island nation.
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island

(noun)BrE / ˈaɪlənd / NAmE / ˈaɪlənd /
  1. a piece of land that is completely surrounded by water
    • see also desert island
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/desert-island
    • We spent a week on the Greek island of Kos.
    • a remote island off the coast of Scotland
    • No place on the planet can remain an island of affluence in a sea of suffering.
    • = traffic island
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/traffic-island

    Extra Examples

    • Fiji is a small South Pacific island nation.
    • He owns a house on the island.
    • His money is in an offshore island bank.
    • Puerto Rico and its offshore islands
    • The best beaches are on the southern tip of the island.
    • They were forced to leave their island home and start a new life on the mainland.
    • a ferry service to the outlying islands
    • a group of tropical islands
    • the island chain of the Bahamas
    • the island paradise of Phuket

    Word Origin

    • Old English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th cent. was due to association with the unrelated word isle.
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