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. Zhao Lijian:

   Diaoyu island and the affiliated islands are China's inherent territory, China is resolute in safeguarding our territorial sovereignty, this so-called administrative re-designation is a serious provocation towards China's territorial sovereignty.

2. Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon:

   For this reason, I am requesting that for the good of Puerto Ricos, you abdicate your position and allow a peaceful transition of government to bring peace and tranquility to our island, which has been mired in a fiscal crisis, severely exacerbated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

3. Luis Gutierrez:

   Even though The President dropped the ball, The President is now doing a victory dance in the end zone, or should we call it the dead zone ? Trump's comments also drew swift condemnation from elected officials and residents of the island, where blackouts remain common, 60,000 homes still have makeshift roofs and 13 percent of municipalities lack stable phone or internet service. Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rossello said in a Facebook post in Spanish, the victims of Puerto Rico, and the people of Puerto Rico in general, do not deserve to be questioned about their pain. San Juan Mayor Carmen Yuln Cruz, a Democrat who has sparred with President Trump multiple times, tweeted that President Trump is so vain President Trump thinks this is about President Trump. NO IT IS NOT. In New York, which has the largest Puerto Rican population in the mainland United States, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called Trump’s tweets.

4. Brett Kavanaugh:

   Crazy stuff. Gangs, illegitimate children, fights on boats in Rhode Island, all nonsense, reported breathlessly and often uncritically by the media.

5. Lance Gore:

   The dry zone communities have historically remained among the poorest on the island and changing climate patterns will further impact monsoon rains and possibly worsen droughts, by providing more water, the project will enhance the earning capacity of people dependent on agriculture.

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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