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island
English
Alternative forms
- iland (archaic)
- ylond, ylelond, yland (obsolete)
Etymology
From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English ??land, ?e?land, ?aland (“island”), from Proto-Germanic *awj?land? (from Proto-Germanic *awj? (“island, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?ek?eh?) + *land? (“land”), equivalent to ey +? land.
Cognate with Scots island, iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Swedish ö (“island”), Danish ø (“island”), Norwegian øy (“island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”).
The insertion of ?s?—a 16th century spelling modification—is due to a change in spelling to the unrelated term isle, which previously lacked s (cf. Middle English ile, yle). The re-addition was mistakingly carried over to include iland as well. Related also to German Aue (“water-meadow”), Latin aqua (“water”). More at ea.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?a??l?nd/
Noun
island (plural islands)
- A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
- An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
- (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
- 1939, Deseret News, October 27 1939, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality
- King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland "an Island of peace in the interests of all"
- A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
- A traffic island.
- (government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.
- (grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.
Synonyms
- (land surrounded by water): ait, holm
- (an entity surrounded by other very different entities): oasis
Derived terms
Related terms
- insular
- isle
- islet
- archipelago
Translations
Verb
island (third-person singular simple present islands, present participle islanding, simple past and past participle islanded)
- (transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.
- 1933, Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
- We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.
- 1933, Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
- (transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.
- (transitive) To isolate.
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, lines 1-2
- High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam
- Islanded in Severn stream.
- 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, lines 1-2
Synonyms
- isle
Translations
See also
- archipelago
- atoll
- cay, key
- continent
- peninsula
Anagrams
- Ladins, Landis, ilands
Scots
Alternative forms
- iland
- yland
Etymology
From Old English ??land.
Pronunciation
Noun
island (plural islands)
- An island.
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skye
English
Noun
skye (plural skyes)
- Obsolete form of sky.
Anagrams
- Keys, esky, keys, kyes, syke, yesk
Middle English
Noun
skye
- Alternative form of sky
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- sky
Adjective
skye
- definite singular of sky
- plural of sky
Etymology 2
Verb
skye (present tense skyer, simple past and past participle skya or skyet, present participle skyende)
- skye over / til - to cloud over
Related terms
- sky (noun)
- skyet
References
- “skye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- sky
Adjective
skye
- definite singular of sky
- plural of sky
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