Island

See also: island, Ísland, Īsland, 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 Citations:Island.

Anagrams

Breton

Proper noun

Island

  1. Iceland

Czech

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Island m

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

Further reading

  • Island in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Island in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Island

  1. Iceland

Estonian

Proper noun

Island

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

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse Ísland.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːslant/

Proper noun

Island n (genitive Islands)

  1. Iceland

Derived terms

Livonian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /islɑnd/

Proper noun

Island

  1. Iceland

Usage notes

Perhaps by error LĒL lists this term as type 127 – vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like for Kanād the most regular type (135 – āigast) is given in this entry.

Declension

Middle English

Proper noun

Island

  1. Alternative form of Iseland

Norwegian Bokmål

Riksvåpen

Proper noun

Island

  1. Iceland

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈiːslɑn/, /ˈiːslɑnd/

Proper noun

Island

  1. Iceland

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǐsland/
  • Hyphenation: Is‧land

Proper noun

Ìsland m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝсланд)

  1. Iceland

Declension

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈis.lant/

Proper noun

Island m (genitive Islandu) declension pattern dub

  1. Iceland

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Island in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse Ísland.

Proper noun

Island n

  1. Iceland

Derived terms

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