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What (who) is Island - definition

PIECE OF SUB-CONTINENTAL LAND COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY WATER
IslandS; Islands; Volcanic isles; Continental island; Oceanic islands; Continental Island; Tropical island; Continental islands; Oceanic island; Ocean islands; Igland; Alluvial island; Iſland
  • Aerial image of [[Süderoog]], a privately owned island belonging to the ''[[Halligen]]'' group of islands in Germany
  • [[Kansai International Airport]], on an artificial island
  • Plane landing on an airport island, [[Velana International Airport]], [[Hulhulé Island]], Maldives
  • Map from [[Charles Darwin]]’s 1842 ''[[The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs]]'' showing the world’s major groups of atolls and coral reefs

Island         
·noun ·see Isle, ·noun, 2.
II. Island ·noun Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
III. Island ·vt To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.
IV. Island ·noun A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. ·cf. Continent.
V. Island ·vt To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to Isle.
island         
n.
Isle.
island         
¦ noun
1. a piece of land surrounded by water.
2. a thing that is isolated, detached, or surrounded: the last island of democracy in this country.
3. Anatomy a detached portion of tissue or group of cells. Compare with islet.
Derivatives
islander noun
Origin
OE iegland, from ieg 'island' (from a base meaning 'watery') + land; spelling influenced by isle.

Wikipedia

Island

An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental 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 islands and oceanic islands. There are also artificial islands (man-made islands).

There are about 900,000 official islands in the world. This number consists of all the officially-reported islands of each country. The total number of islands in the world is unknown. There may be hundreds of thousands of tiny islands that are unknown and uncounted. The number of sea islands in the world is estimated to be more than 200,000. The total area of the world's sea islands is approx. 9,963,000 sq km, which is similar to the area of Canada and accounts for roughly 1/15 (or 6.7%) of the total land area of Earth.

Examples of use of Island
1. Nicholas Island, but locals call it Gemini Island.
2. The Edisto Island Museum relates the story of this sea island, while the Edisto Island Serpentarium features about 500 reptiles on display.
3. The island is called South Talpatty by Bangladesh and Purbasha or New Moore Island by India.
4. Tourists love the island÷ Every tourist who visits the island says they love it.
5. "Aruba is a happy island and a safe island," said Janssen, the attorney general.