12 entries found for island. The first 10 are listed below.
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Pronunciation:
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ndFunction: noun
Etymology: an altered form of earlier iland "island," derived from Old English
gland "island"; the spelling island was influenced by the word isle, which is not related1 : an area of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent
2 : something suggestive of an island in its isolation
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