Definitions for island
ˈaɪ ləndis·land

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. islandnoun

   a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

2. islandnoun

   a zone or area resembling an island

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.3 / 7 votes

1. islandnoun

   A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

2. islandnoun

   An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

   an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)

3. islandnoun

   A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck

4. islandverb

   To surround with water; make into an island

5. islandverb

   To set, dot (as if) with islands

6. islandverb

   To isolate

7. Islandnoun

   Long Island (in New York State)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ISLANDnoun

   A tract of land surrounded by water.

   Etymology: insula, Latin; isola, Italian; ealand, Erse.

   He will carry this island home in his pocket, and give it his son for an apple. ———— And sowing the kernels of it in the sea, bring forth more islands. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   Within a long recess there lies a bay,
   An island shades it from the rolling sea,
   And forms a port. Dryden.

   Some safer world in depth of woods embrac'd,
   Some happier island in the wat'ry waste. Johnson.

   Island of bliss! amid' the subject seas. James Thomson.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Island

   An island or isle is any piece of subcontinental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm. Sedimentary islands in the Ganges delta are called chars. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands, such as the Philippines, is referred to as an archipelago. An island may be described as such, despite the presence of an artificial land bridge; examples are Singapore and its causeway, and the various Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde. Some places may even retain "island" in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a land bridge or landfill, such as Coney Island and Coronado Island, though these are, strictly speaking, tied islands. Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal, more or less the entirety of Fennoscandia by the White Sea Canal, or Marble Hill in northern Manhattan during the time between the building of the United States Ship Canal and the filling-in of the Harlem River which surrounded the area, it is generally not considered an island. There are two main types of islands in the sea: continental and oceanic. There are also artificial islands, which are man-made.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. island

   An island is a land mass, smaller than a continent, that is surrounded by water. It can be located in any type of water body such as a sea, ocean, lake or river. Islands can vary greatly in size, from tiny islets or keys to large landmasses like Greenland. They can be found in a wide variety of environments and host diverse ecosystems and organisms. Some are inhabited by humans while others are not.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Islandnoun

   a tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent

2. Islandnoun

   anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice

3. Islandnoun

   see Isle, n., 2

4. Islandverb

   to cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle

5. Islandverb

   to furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep

6. Etymology: [OE. iland, yland, AS. gland, gland, glond; g, g, island + land, lond, land. AS. g, g, is akin to AS. e water, river, OHG. uwa, G. au meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. , Goth. ahwa a stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]

WikidataRate this definition:4.2 / 5 votes

1. Island

   An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot, ait, or holm. A grouping of geographically or geologically related islands is called an archipelago, e.g. the Philippines. An island may be described as such despite the presence of an artificial land bridge, for example Singapore and its causeway, or the various Dutch delta islands, such as IJsselmonde. Some places may even retain "island" in their names for historical reasons after being connected to a larger landmass by a wide land bridge, such as Coney Island. Conversely, when a piece of land is separated from the mainland by a man-made canal, for example the Peloponnese by the Corinth Canal, it is generally not considered an island. There are two main types of islands: continental islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Island

   ī′land, n. the smaller masses of land surrounded with water: a large floating mass.—v.t. to cause to appear like an island: to dot as with islands.—n. Islander (ī′land-ėr), an inhabitant of an island. [M. E. iland—A.S. ígland—íg, an island, and land, land; Dut. and Ger. eiland, Ice. eyland, Sw. and Dan. öland. A.S. íg is from a root which appears in Angles-ea, Aldern-ey, &c., A.S. eá, L. aqua, water, so that it originally means water-land. The s in island is due to a confusion with isle, from L. insula.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ISLAND

   A place where the bottom of the sea sticks up through the water.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. island

   May be simply described as a tract of land entirely surrounded with water; but the whole continuous land of the Old World forms one island, and the New World another; while canals across the isthmuses of Suez and Panama would make each into two. The term properly only applies to smaller portions of land; and Australia, Madagascar, Borneo, and Britain are among the larger examples. Their materials and form are equally various, and so is their origin; some having evidently been upheaved by volcanic eruption, others are the result of accretion, and still more revealing by their strata that they were formerly attached to a neighbouring land. The sudden emergence of Sabrina, in the Atlantic, has occasioned wonder in our own day. So has that of Graham's Island, near the south coast of Sicily; and the Archipelago is daily at work.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. island

   An area of land.

   There are so many islands throughout the world.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

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   islandnoun

   Organized Isle informing a planned literal surface that is not consumed by fire, as opposed to the sea, the air, or the earth in a controlled way. 1.) [New Jerusalem]

   Men trying to make their island just as high as the Most High but constantly fall short.

   Etymology: World

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on February 27, 2024  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ISLAND

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Island is ranked #25381 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Island surname appeared 975 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Island.
   
   63.4% or 619 total occurrences were Black.
   20.4% or 199 total occurrences were White.
   6% or 59 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   5.9% or 58 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Land
   • Zone

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'island' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1550

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'island' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3057

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'island' in Nouns Frequency: #437

How to pronounce island?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say island in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of island in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of island in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of island in a Sentence

1. Miki Sudo:

   I'm so excited to be back, it's been a while since I've eaten hot dogs before a Coney Island crowd.

2. Amy Klobuchar:

   On an island in the middle of the mighty Mississippi River, in our nation's heartland, at a time when we must heal the heart of our democracy and renew our commitment to the common good, I stand before you as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman, the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota, to announce my candidacy for president of the United States.

3. Carl Lipo:

   But under the conditions of warfare, weapons are going to have performance characteristics. And they're going to be very carefully fashioned for that purpose because it matters... You would cut somebody [ with a mata'a ], but they certainly wouldn't be lethal in any way. Related : Ancient Roman brooch contains' lovely' palindrome Some scientists have estimated, that, at its height, Easter Island’s population may have been as high as 20,000, but fell over centuries after the island’s trees and palms were cut down to build canoes and transport its famous giant statues. One theory suggests that the deforestation led to soil erosion, impacting the island’s ability to support wildlife and farming, and the collapse of its civilization. When the Dutch arrived at the island in 1722, its population was 3,000 or less. Only 111 inhabitants were living on Easter Island by 1877. Other experts, however, have questioned whether Easter Island ever supported a large population, citing instead the arrival of Europeans, who brought diseases and took islanders away as slaves. Related : Ancient 4,500-year-old boat discovered in Egypt What people traditionally think about Easter Island is being this island of catastrophe and collapse just isn't true in a pre-historic sense, populations were successful and lived sustainably on Easter Island up until European contact.

4. Eric Otjen:

   It was rescued in early November from Harbor Island Drive, was released shortly after and has been showing up in kind of odd situations and spots since then, this is the weirdest, though.

5. Sylvain Plasse:

   It was his first cruise and it sounded like she had done a few and she said were on our honeymoon and so were going to do an excursion at every port stop. And I mentioned to them this was my 105th cruise on Royals so we started talking, conversing and I didnt see them in the lounge last night and there were rumors that there were honeymoon couples on White Island and you just showed me one of the news footage with their picture of their wedding and it confirmed that it was them, you never know, your life changes in a moment so, life is short.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=island
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Island
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=island
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/island
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=island
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=island
9. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=island
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=island
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html