Definitions for islands
is·lands

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1. islandsnoun

   The Caribbean islands.

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1. Islands

   An island or isle is a piece of sub-continental land completely 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. There are two main types of islands in the sea; continental and oceanic. There are also man-made islands.

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1. Islands

   Islands is an indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Los Angeles, California.

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1. islandsnoun

   Plural noun of the word island.

   The Pacific islands are a popular holiday destination for many across the world.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 26, 2016  

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1. islands

   Song lyrics by islands -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by islands on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'islands' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2758

How to pronounce islands?

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 islands in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of islands in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of islands in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of islands in a Sentence

1. Brett Hartl:

   The birds are starting to basically just disappear in those islands.

2. Thibault Larhant:

   On TV they said we can come, there was no problem, we came to go to the islands, for the countryside.

3. Heather Wilson:

   China has militarized islands in the South China Sea, and now all of Southeast Asia is within reach of its long-rang bombers, part of President Xi plan is for China to be a top-ranked military by 2050, and President Xi is no longer bound by term limits on David Deptula presidency.

4. Vincent Cochetel:

   In terms of water, in terms of sanitation, in terms of food assistance, it's totally inadequate. On most of the islands, there is no reception capacity, people are not sleeping under any form of roof, so it's total chaos on the islands. After a couple of days they are transferred to Athens, there is nothing waiting for them in Athens.

5. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras:

   A few months ago we had flows of 3,000 to 4,000 daily to our islands ... Today, the flows are about 50 to 60 (migrants and refugees) daily.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Islands
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islands
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=islands