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Definition of ısland in English English dictionary: {n} a land surrounded by water, a large mass of floating ice
Island: Long Island (in New York State)
Island: {i} city in Kentucky (USA)
Isabela Island: Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. It is the largest of the Galapagos Islands, located in the eastern Pacific Ocean west of mainland Ecuador. It has an area of 1,650 sq mi (4,274 sq km), and its northern tip, Albemarle, is crossed by the Equator. It has unique species of flightless cormorants and penguins as well as large numbers of iguanas and a flamingo colony
Ascension Island: An island in the South Atlantic that is a British dependency of Saint Helena
Baffin Island: An island in Nunavut, Canada, north of the Canadian mainland
Big Island: The nickname for the largest of the Hawaiian Islands, for whom the island chain and the state are named
Bouvet Island: A Norwegian uninhabited volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean, south-southwest of the South African Cape of Good Hope
Cape Breton Island: An island on the Atlantic coast of Canada, part of the province of Nova Scotia
Channel Island fox: A species of fox native to the Channel Islands off the coast of California. Each of the six largest islands in the chain has its own native subspecies of fox
Channel Island foxes: plural form of Channel Island fox
Channel Island milk: A type of creamy, light-beige-coloured milk originally from the Jersey and Guernsey breeds of cattle native to the Channel Islands
Christmas Island: non self-governing territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean
Christmas Island: Alternative name for Kiritimati, an island of Kiribati
Coney Island: A specific neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, known for its boardwalk and amusement parks
Sam Tietch, who performed as a Coney Island wrestler under the name of Vach Cyclone Lewis.
Coney Island: A hot dog
By the 1970s, when Nathan's Famous rolled into cities far from New York, vendors realized that customers wanted a Coney Island their way..
Coney Island hot dog: A hot dog made from beef with casing, topped with chili, diced onion, and mustard
Coney Island hot dogs: plural form of Coney Island hot dog
Coney Island whitefish: A used condom on Coney Island beach; now used interchangeably with whitefish as a generic term for any used condom found in public
Easter Island: An island in the south Pacific, belonging to Chile
Ellesmere Island: The northernmost island of Canada, in Nunavut
Fraser Island: a World Heritage island located along the southern coast of Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of Brisbane
George's Island: The name given to Tahiti by Samuel Wallis. (Reference: A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 12, ed. Robert Kerr .)
Hans Island: A small island in the Nares Strait between Greenland and Canada, claimed by both Canada and Denmark
Ionian Island: One of the seven Ionian Islands: Corfu, Ithaca, Kefallonia, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi and Zante
Long Island: An island in New York
Long Island iced tea: A cocktail made with iced tea, vodka, gin rum and other ingredients
Manoel Island: One of the islands in the Republic of Malta, named after the Grand Master Manoel de Vilhena
Norfolk Island: External territory of Australia, in the Pacific Ocean. Official name: Territory of Norfolk Island
North Island: One of the two major islands making up New Zealand
North Island brown kiwi: A kiwi, Apteryx mantelli or Apteryx australis
North Island brown kiwis: plural form of North Island brown kiwi
Pitcairn Island: The main island of Pitcairn
Prince Edward Island: An island in eastern Canada, which forms the majority of the eponymous province
Prince Edward Island: A province in eastern Canada which has Charlottetown as its capital
Rhode Island: A state of the United States of America. Capital: Providence
Ross Island: A volcanic island in the Ross Sea near Antarctica
Siau Island: an island in North Sulawesi, Indonesia
South Island: One of the two major islands making up New Zealand. Also known as the mainland
Staten Island: One of the five boroughs of New York, New York, situated south-southwest of Manhattan
Strong Island: Long Island in New York., dated May 1, 2004
Not for nothing do bodybuilders and rappers brag and swagger about living on “Strong Island.”.
Thousand Island dressing: A salad dressing of mayonnaise, ketchup, Tabasco sauce and finely chopped vegetables
Vancouver Island marmot: a species of marmot, Marmota vancouverensis, found only on Vancouver Island
Vancouver Island marmots: plural form of Vancouver Island marmot
Admiralty Island: A mountainous, heavily forested island of southeast Alaska in the Alexander Archipelago southwest of Juneau
Alcatraz Island: Rocky island in San Francisco Bay, California, U.S. It has an area of 22 acres (9 hectares) and is located
Alcatraz Island: 5 mi (2 km) offshore from the city of San Francisco. The site of the first lighthouse (1854) on the California coast, it became an army garrison (1859) and a military prison (1868). From 1934 to 1963 it served as a federal prison for dangerous civilian prisoners. Its famous inmates included Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, and Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz." It is now open to the public
Alexander I Island: An island of British Antarctic Territory in Bellingshausen Sea off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Originally thought to be part of the Antarctic landmass, it was proved to be an island by a U.S. exploratory team in 1940
Alexander Island: Island in Bellingshausen Sea, separated from the Antarctic mainland by George VI Sound. An extremely rugged region with peaks as high as 9,800 ft (3,000 m), it is 270 mi (435 km) long and up to 125 mi (200 km) wide, with an area of 16,700 sq mi (43,250 sq km). The Russian explorer F.G. von Bellingshausen discovered the land in 1821 and named it after Tsar Alexander. It was believed part of the mainland until 1940, when a U.S. expedition proved it to be an island, connected to the continent by a huge floating ice shelf. It has been claimed by Britain (since 1908), Chile (1940), and Argentina (1942)
Angel Island: island and state park in San Francisco Bay (California, USA)
Anticosti Island: Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence. Lying at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River in southeastern Quebec, it is 140 mi (225 km) long; its greatest width is 35 mi (56 km). Visited by Jacques Cartier in 1534, it became part of Quebec province in 1774. Port-Menier is its present-day and only settlement. It is now primarily a recreation area
Ascension Island: An island in the southern Atlantic northwest of St. Helena. Discovered by the Portuguese on Ascension Day in 1501, it was taken by the British in 1815 and has been administered by St. Helena since 1922
Baffin Island: An island of eastern Nunavut, Canada, west of Greenland. It is the fifth-largest island in the world. Largest island in Canada and fifth largest island in the world (183,810 sq mi [476,068 sq km]), lying between Greenland and the Canadian mainland. Located west of Baffin Bay and the Davis Strait, it is administered as part of Nunavut territory. It was probably visited by Norse explorers in the 11th century. It was sighted by Martin Frobisher during his search for a Northwest Passage (1576-78). It is uninhabited except for a few coastal settlements. The world's northernmost mines are at Nanisvik. In 1972 Auyuittuq National Park was created on the eastern coast
Baffin Island: {i} Canadian island located in the Arctic Ocean between the Canadian mainland and Greenland
Baker Island: {i} deserted atoll located north of the equator in central Pacific Ocean (about 1,600 miles {2,600 km} southwest of Honolulu and half way between Hawaii and Australia) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
Banks Island: An island of northern Northwest Territories, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean west of Victoria Island. It is the westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago. Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. The westernmost island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it lies northwest of Victoria Island and is separated from the mainland by Amundsen Gulf. About 250 mi (400 km) long, it has an area of 27,038 sq mi (70,028 sq km). First sighted by Sir William Parry's expedition in 1820, it was named for the naturalist Joseph Banks
Bathurst Island: An island of northern Nunavut, Canada, in the Parry Islands northwest of Baffin Island. Island, Nunavut, Can. Located in the Arctic Ocean between Cornwallis and Melville islands, it is 160 mi (260 km) long and 50-100 mi (80-160 km) wide. The coastline is fringed with inlets, and several islands stretch from its western tip. Discovered in 1819 by Sir William Parry, it was named for the earl of Bathurst. The northern magnetic pole lies off the island's northern coast
Block Island: An island off southern Rhode Island at the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound. Visited by Dutch explorers in 1614, it was settled in 1661. Island, Rhode Island, U.S. It lies at the eastern entrance to Long Island Sound, 9 mi (15 km) southwest of Point Judith, R.I. It has an area of about 11 sq mi (29 sq km) and is coextensive with the town of New Shoreham (pop., 2000: 1,010). Called Manisses by its original Indian inhabitants, Block Island (named for the Dutch explorer Adriaen Block) received its first European settlers in 1661 and was admitted to the colony of Rhode Island in 1664. Once dependent on fishing and farming, it is now primarily a resort
Bouvet Island: Norwegian island located south of the Cape of Good Hope in the Atlantic Ocean (South Africa)
Cape Breton Island: Island, (pop., 2001: 109,330), eastern part of Nova Scotia, Canada. Separated from the mainland by the Strait of Canso, it is 110 mi (175 km) long and up to 75 mi (120 km) wide, with an area of 3,981 sq mi (10,311 sq km). It contains the Bras d'Or salt lakes. Originally called Île Royale as a French colony, it later took the name of its eastern cape, probably the first land visited by John Cabot on his 1497-98 voyage and probably named by Basque fishermen from Cap Breton, France. It was ceded to the British by the 1763 Treaty of Paris and joined to Nova Scotia. In 1784 it became a separate British crown colony, but it was rejoined to Nova Scotia in 1820. In 1955 the island was linked to the mainland by a causeway. Cape Breton Highlands National Park was established in 1936. Tourism is an important industry on the island
Chappaquiddick Island: {i} small island off the eastern end of Martha's Vineyard's larger island (Massachusetts, USA)
Christmas Island: Territory of Christmas Island, island in the Indian Ocean which is under Australian rule
Clipperton Island: {i} uninhabited atoll in North Pacific Ocean which is a possession of France
Coney Island: an area of Brooklyn, New York, famous for its amusement park and beach. Amusement area, southern Brooklyn, New York, N.Y., U.S. It was an island in the Atlantic Ocean until its creek silted up and it became part of Long Island. The first pavilion and bathhouse were erected in 1844, and it gained popularity with the coming of the subway in 1920. It has a 3.5-mi (5.6-km) boardwalk, an amusement park known for its rollercoaster (the Cyclone), and sideshows (notably Coney Island U.S.A.). It is also the site of the New York Aquarium
Desert Island Discs: a British radio programme in which famous people talk with the presenter about their lives and choose the eight records they would like to have with them if they were left alone on a desert island (=a small tropical island with no one living on it)
Devil's Island: an island near the coast of French Guiana in South America, which was used as a prison by France until 1938
Devil`s Island: island north of French Guiana (formerly a French prison colony for political prisoners, among them was Alfred Dreyfus)
Devils Island: French Île du Diable Rocky islet off the Atlantic coast of French Guiana. The smallest of the three Îles du Salut, it is a narrow strip of land 3,900 ft (1,200 m) long and 1,320 ft (400 m) wide. Part of a penal settlement since 1852, it housed the convicts' leper colony until the islands were made a maximum-security area. It shared the notoriety for cruelty of the mainland French Guiana penal colony. Spies and political prisoners, including Alfred Dreyfus, were held there. The island's use as a penal colony was phased out by the early 1950s
Devon Island: An island of northern Nunavut, Canada, between Baffin and Ellesmere islands
Easter Island: a small island in the Pacific Ocean, which belongs to Chile. Many tourists go to Easter Island to see the several hundred stone heads, some of which are 20 metres tall, which were made over a thousand years ago. Spanish Isla de Pascua native Rapa Nui Island (pop., 2000 est.: 3,618), eastern Pacific Ocean. Located 2,200 mi (3,600 km) west of Chile, it has an area of 63 sq mi (163 sq km). Initially inhabited AD 400 by Polynesians from the Marquesas, Easter Island has long been famous for its monolithic stone statues in human form. They are 10-40 ft (3-12 m) high, and some weigh more than 50 tons. They were probably erected 1000-1600 AD. War and disease decimated the island's population over the succeeding centuries, and the statues' origins were forgotten. Annexed by Chile in 1888, the island has been declared a World Heritage site
Easter Island: island in the South Pacific
Ellesmere Island: Island, Nunavut, Canada The largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands and lying off the northwestern coast of Greenland, it is believed to have been visited by Vikings in the 10th century AD. It is roughly 300 mi (500 km) wide by 500 mi (800 km) long, the most rugged in the Arctic Archipelago, with towering mountains and vast ice fields. Cape Columbia is the most northerly point of Canada. Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve was established in 1986
Ellis Island: An island of Upper New York Bay southwest of Manhattan. It was the chief immigration station of the United States from 1892 to 1943. Officially closed in 1954, the site was designated a National Monument in 1965, and the main building was opened to the public as a museum in 1990. a small island close to New York City, which for over 50 years (1892-1943) was the main centre for dealing with people arriving in the US who wanted to settle in the country as immigrants. Millions of people, mostly from Europe, passed through Ellis Island to become US citizens. Island, Upper New York Bay, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies southwest of Manhattan island and has an area of about 27 acres (11 hectares). In 1808 the state of New York sold the island to the federal government. It served as the nation's major immigration station from 1892 until 1943, when immigrant processing was moved to New York City proper. It became part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965; its restored main hall is the site of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum
Ellis Island: immigration station located in New York Harbor (USA) where over 12 million immigrants were processed (closed in 1954 and was converted into a museum)
Europa Island: {i} island in southern Africa in the Mozambique Channel (possession of France)
Fire Island: 5 mi (1 km) at its widest, and its name refers to fires that were built there as signals to ships during the War of 1812; a lighthouse was built at its western tip in 1858. Now a popular summer resort, it is connected to Long Island by two bridges and by ferry. Fire Island (now Robert Moses) State Park was opened in 1908, and a 19,000-acre (7,700-hectare) section of the island was dedicated as a national seashore in 1964
Fire Island: A narrow barrier island off the southern shore of Long Island in southeast New York. It has many resort communities, a state park, and a nationally protected seashore area that includes the Sunken Forest, with unusual plant and animal life. Elongated sandspit, off the southern shore of Long Island, New York state, U.S. The island measures 32 mi (51 km) long and
Gilligan's Island: American television series that run from 1964 to 1967 about seven people stranded on a uncharted island
Goat Island: An island of western New York in the Niagara River dividing Niagara Falls into the American and Canadian falls
Graham Island: An island off western British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean. It is the largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands
Hawaii Island: The largest and southernmost of the Hawaiian Islands. It is the top of an enormous submarine mountain and has several volcanic peaks
Heard Island: An island of the southern Indian Ocean near the coast of Antarctica. First discovered by an American navigator in 1853, it was placed under Australian administration in 1947
Heard Island and the McDonald Islands: {i} deserted and infertile islands located in the Southern Ocean two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica (they have been part of Australia since 1947)
Hertzberg Island: {i} island in the province of Ontario (Canada)
Hilton Head Island: An island off the southern coast of South Carolina in the Sea Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. It is a popular tourist resort. The town of Hilton Head Island, on the northeast coast, has a population of 23,694
Howland Island: {i} deserted atoll located north of the equator in central Pacific Ocean (1,600 miles {2,600 km} southwest of Honolulu, one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
Jarvis Island: {i} uninhabited island (4.5 square kilometer) located in the South Pacific Ocean (one-half of the way from Hawaii to Cook Islands) that is an unincorporated territory of the United States and forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
Kangaroo Island: Island (pop., 1996: 4,118), South Australia. Located at the entrance to the Gulf St. Vincent, southwest of Adelaide, Kangaroo Island is 90 mi (145 km) long with an area of 1,680 sq mi (4,350 sq km). Visited in 1802 by the English explorer Matthew Flinders, it was named for its many kangaroos. Nepean Bay was the site of the state's first settlement in 1836
Kavaratti Island: Island of the Laccadive island group. Located in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Kerala in southern India, it is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long and has a maximum width of 0.75 mi (1.2 km). Its only town, Kavaratti (pop., 2001 prelim.: 10,113), is the administrative centre of the Indian union territory of Lakshadweep. The town is noted for the ornately carved pillars and roofs of its mosques
King William Island: An island of central Nunavut, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean between Boothia Peninsula and Victoria Island. Long an Inuit hunting ground, it was sighted by Sir John Ross in 1831
Kodiak Island: An island of southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska east of the Alaska Peninsula. Discovered in 1763, the island was the site of the first permanent Russian settlement in the area (1784). Island (pop., 2000: 13,913), Alaska, U.S. Lying in the Gulf of Alaska, it is 100 mi (160 km) long and 10-60 mi (16-96 km) wide and has an area of 3,588 sq mi (9,293 sq km). The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge covers 75% of the island and is the habitat of the Kodiak bear. Discovered in 1763 by a Russian fur trader, the island, known as Kikhtak, became the site in 1784 of the first Russian colony in America. Russian control ended in 1867; the island was renamed Kodiak in 1901. In 1964 a destructive earthquake lowered the island by 5-6 ft (1.5-1.8 m)
Liberty Island: the small island in New York Harbor where the Statue of Liberty stands
Long Island: island belonging to the state of New York (USA)
Long Island: A long, narrow island of southeast New York bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. Long Island Sound, an arm of the Atlantic, separates it from Connecticut on the north. The western part of Long Island includes two boroughs of New York City. an island in the US that contains the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. Further east it has many other towns and cities, some of which are by the sea and popular in summer. Island (pop., 2000: 7,448,618), southeastern New York, U.S., lying between Long Island Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. It has four counties: Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk. Kings County (the borough of Brooklyn) and Queens County (the borough of Queens) form part of New York City. At its western end it is separated from the Bronx and Manhattan by the East River and from Staten Island by the Narrows. It is 118 mi (190 km) long, 12-23 mi (19-37 km) wide, and has an area of 1,401 sq mi (3,629 sq km). Its eastern portion has many beaches; it serves as a recreation area for New York City. Its southern shore, lined by sand spits (see Fire Island), shelters several bays, including Jamaica Bay. Originally inhabited by Indians (mostly Delaware), it was included in a grant to the Plymouth Co. It was settled by Dutch and English, but the whole island became part of the British colony of New York in 1664. It was the site of the Battle of Long Island (Aug. 27, 1776), an American defeat in the American Revolution
Long Island Sound: Body of water between the southern shore of Connecticut and the northern shore of Long Island, New York, U.S. It connects with the East River and with Block Island Sound. Covering 1,180 sq mi (3,056 sq km), it is 90 mi (145 km) long and 3-20 mi (5-32 km) wide. Its shores have many residential communities and summer resorts
Mackinac Island: Island in the Straits of Mackinac, southeastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan, U.S. It is 3 mi (5 km) long. It was an ancient Indian burial ground called Michilimackinac when the British built a fort there in 1780. After the U.S. took possession in 1783, it became the headquarters of the American Fur Co. Occupied by the British during the War of 1812, the island returned to U.S. control in 1815. It has been a state park since 1895; automobiles are banned from the island. A popular tourist destination, the island is home to the Grand Hotel (1887), the world's largest summer hotel
Malakula Island: {i} 2nd largest island in Vanuatu
Melville Island: One of the largest of the Parry Islands, in the Arctic Ocean, Canada. Located north of Victoria Island, it is 200 mi (320 km) long and 30-130 mi (50-210 km) wide, with an area of 16,274 sq mi (42,149 sq km). It has no human inhabitants, but it supports musk oxen and has natural-gas deposits. It was discovered in 1819 by William Parry. Island in the Timor Sea, off the coast of Northern Territory, Australia. It is 80 miles (130 km) long and 55 mi (88 km) wide, with an area of 2,240 sq mi (5,800 sq km). It was sighted by the Dutch in 1644; the British built Fort Dundas there in 1824. Melville Island, known to Aboriginals as Yermalner, is one of the few areas in Australia still occupied by its original Aboriginal peoples, the Tiwi, and in 1978 ownership of the island passed from the Australian government to the Tiwi Land Council
Midway Island: {i} Midway Atoll, atoll located in North Pacific Ocean close to the north-western end of the Hawaiian archipelago (one-third of the way between Honolulu and Tokyo) which forms a part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands
Muna Island: Island, east-central Indonesia. Located in the Flores Sea off the southeastern coast of Celebes (Sulawesi), it is 63 mi (101 km) long and 35 mi (56 km) wide and has an area of 1,124 sq mi (2,911 sq km). It has a hilly, forested surface, rising to 1,460 ft (445 m). The Muna, a Muslim people who speak an Austronesian language, practice a simple agriculture, growing rice and tubers. The hoglike babirusa and the marsupial cuscus are found on the island. The main town and principal port is Raha, on the northeastern coast
New Georgia Island: An island of the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It was occupied by the Japanese in 1942 and recaptured by the Allies in August 1943
Norfolk Island: An island territory of Australia in the southern Pacific Ocean northeast of Sydney. Discovered by Capt. James Cook in 1774, it was formerly a British penal colony. Island territory of Australia, southern Pacific Ocean. Located midway between New Caledonia and New Zealand, the island has an area of 13 sq mi (35 sq km). Discovered by Capt. James Cook in 1774, it became a British penal colony (1788-1814, 1825-55). The population of Pitcairn Island was moved here in 1856, and many residents of Norfolk Island are descended from crew members of HMS Bounty. Of volcanic origin, it has generally rugged terrain with abundant Norfolk Island pine. The major industry is tourism
Norfolk Island pine: An evergreen tree (Araucaria heterophylla) with incurved, decurrent needles, native to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific and widely grown as an indoor plant. Evergreen timber and ornamental conifer (Araucaria excelsa, or A. heterophylla) of the family Araucariaceae, native to Norfolk Island in the South Pacific Ocean. In nature this pine grows to a height of 200 ft (60 m), with a trunk sometimes reaching 10 ft (3 m) in diameter. The wood of large trees is used in construction, furniture, and shipbuilding. The sapling stage is grown worldwide as a houseplant and as an outdoor ornamental in regions with a Mediterranean climate. The monkey puzzle tree is a relative
North Island: {i} northern section of New Zealand
North Island: An island of New Zealand separated from South Island by Cook Strait. It is the smaller but more populous of the country's two principal islands. one of the two main islands of New Zealand, which includes Wellington, New Zealand's capital city South Island. Island (pop., 2001 est.: 2,849,724), New Zealand. The smaller of the country's two principal islands, it is separated from South Island by the Cook Strait. It has an area of 44,702 sq mi (115,777 sq km). A growing majority of the population of New Zealand lives on North Island, concentrated in the cities of Wellington and Auckland
Padre Island: Barrier island, southern Texas, U.S. It is 113 mi (182 km) long and up to 3 mi (5 km) wide, lying along the Gulf Coast of Texas. It extends south from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel and is separated from the mainland by Laguna Madre. It contains a recreational preserve with a large variety of birdlife, excellent fishing, and a broad beach
Pitcairn Island: Island (pop., 2000 est.: 54), south-central Pacific Ocean. It is the only inhabited island of the Pitcairn island group, which also includes Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno islands. It has an area of about 2 sq mi (5 sq km). Discovered in 1767 by the British, it was uninhabited until 1790, when it was settled by mutineers from HMS Bounty, led by Fletcher Christian. Pitcairn was annexed by Britain in 1839. The inhabitants were removed to Norfolk Island in 1856 because of overpopulation. Some returned to Pitcairn, and it is their descendants who make up the present population, subsisting on fishing and farming. In 1970 the British High Commissioner in New Zealand was appointed the colony's governor
Prince Edward Island: {i} island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in Atlantic Canada; Canadian province located on Prince Edward Island
Rhode Island: RI the smallest of the US states, in New England in the northeastern US. It was one of the 13 original states of the US, and its capital and largest city is Providence. officially Rhode Island and Providence Plantations State (pop., 2000: 1,048,319), northeastern U.S. One of the New England states and the smallest U.S. state, it covers 1,212 sq mi (3,139 sq km); its capital is Providence. Rhode Island is bordered by Massachusetts on the north and east, and Connecticut on the west. The Rhode Island Sound on the south is the basis of the state's fishing industry. The original inhabitants of the area were Narragansett Indians. The first European settlement was in 1636 by Roger Williams and his followers, who were banished from Massachusetts; in 1663 King Charles II granted a charter to Williams. Though it never officially joined the New England colonies in King Philip's War, it suffered greatly when many settlements were burned. It was at the forefront of the fight against British customs laws that led to the American Revolution. An original state of the Union, in 1790 it was the 13th state to ratify the Constitution, agreeing only after the Bill of Rights was included. The state's original charter remained in effect until Dorr's Rebellion (see Thomas W. Dorr) in 1842 led to extension of suffrage. The cotton-textile mill built by Samuel Slater in Pawtucket in 1790 initiated the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. Manufacturing is still important to the economy, and products include jewelry and silverware, textiles and clothing, and electrical machinery and electronics
Rhode Island: {i} state in the northeastern United States (part of New England)
Rhode Island Red: Any of an American breed of domestic fowls having dark reddish-brown feathers
Rhode Island School of Design: One of the most eminent fine arts colleges in the U.S., located in Providence, R.I. It was founded in 1877 but did not offer college-level instruction until 1932. It combines professional arts training with a broad liberal arts curriculum, offering bachelor's and master's degrees in the design, fine arts, and other fields. Its art museum has extensive collections of American painting and decorative arts
Rhode Island School of Design: RISD, well-known art college located in Providence (Rhode Island, USA)
Roanoke Island: An island of northeast North Carolina off the Atlantic coast between Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. Colonists dispatched by Sir Walter Raleigh founded the first English settlement in North America in August 1585 but returned to England the following year. A second group of colonists organized by Raleigh landed on the island in July 1587 but vanished sometime before 1591. Island, off the North Carolina coast, U.S. Situated near the southern entrance to Albemarle Sound, the island is about 12 mi (19 km) long and 3 mi (5 km) wide. It was the site of the first English settlement in North America; its original colonists, led by Walter Raleigh, remained for only 10 months in 1585. The second group arrived in 1587; Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the Americas, was born there. When a supply ship arrived in 1590, all the colonists, including Virginia, had vanished; their fate is unknown. During the American Civil War the island was captured in 1862 by Union forces under Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. It is now a resort and residential area
Rock Island: A city of northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River adjacent to Moline. It was the site of a Union prison during the Civil War. Population: 40,552
Roosevelt Island: formerly (until 1921) Blackwell's Island and (1921-73) Welfare Island Island in the East River, between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens, New York, New York, U.S. Administratively part of Manhattan, it has an area of 139 acres (56 hectares). In 1637 the Dutch bought the island from the Indians. In 1828 the city acquired it and built a penitentiary there. It was renamed in 1973 to honour Pres. Franklin Roosevelt. Now the site of moderate-income housing and shopping complexes, it is connected to Manhattan by aerial tramway and to Queens by bridge
Sakhalin Island: Island, extreme eastern Russia. Together with the Kuril Islands, it forms an administrative region of Russia. It is 589 mi (948 km) long and a maximum of 100 mi (160 km) wide; it covers 29,500 sq mi (76,400 sq km). Sakhalin was first settled by Russians in 1853, and it came under Russian control in 1875 when Japan ceded it in exchange for the Kuril Islands. Japan held the southern part from 1905 to 1945, then ceded it and the Kurils to the U.S.S.R. The economy is dominated by fishing, lumbering, coal mining, and the extraction of oil and natural gas in the north
Sakhlin Island: island off the southeast coast of Russia
San Clemente Island: An island of southern California in the Santa Barbara Islands south of Santa Catalina Island
San Cristóbal Island: One of the Galapagos Islands, eastern Pacific Ocean. It is the most populated and fertile island of the archipelago, producing sugar, coffee, cassava, and limes. Volcanic in origin and about 24 mi (39 km) long and 8 mi (13 km) wide, it is the only island of the group that has a regular supply of fresh water. Charles Darwin landed there at the settlement of San Cristóbal in 1835 and compiled data that he later used in his book On the Origin of Species (1859)
San Juan Island National Historical Park: Historical park, San Juan Islands, northwestern Washington, U.S. Established in 1966, it covers 1,752 ac (710 ha). The San Juan Islands archipelago consists of 172 islands and makes up a county of Washington state
Santa Isabel Island: {i} island in the Solomon Islands
Savage Island: {i} Niue, self-governing island (dependency of New Zealand) in central Pacific Ocean that was discovered by Capt. James Cook in 1774
Sea Island cotton: A tropical American species of cotton (Gossypium barbadense) widely cultivated for its fine, long-staple fibers
Sipadan Island: {i} island in Malaysia world-famous for its diving
South Island: An island of New Zealand southwest of North Island, from which it is separated by Cook Strait. It is the larger but less populous of the country's two principal islands. one of the two main islands of New Zealand, whose main towns are Christchurch and Dunedin. It is important for sheep farming and the growing of wheat. Island (pop., 2001 prelim.: 942,213), larger and southernmost of the two principal islands of New Zealand. Separated from the North Island by Cook Strait, it has an area of 58,676 sq mi (151,971 sq km). Mountains, including the Southern Alps, occupy almost three-quarters of the island. Its main cities are Christchurch and Dunedin. Fiordland National Park in the southwest contains numerous coastal fjords and high lakes
South Island: southern portion of New Zealand
Southampton Island: An island of central Nunavut, Canada, at the entrance to Hudson Bay. Island, Keewatin region, Nunavut, Canada. Lying at the entrance to Hudson Bay, the island is roughly triangular and has an area of 15,913 sq mi (41,214 sq km). Its plateau in the northeast, with 1,000-ft (300-m) coastal cliffs, gradually slopes to lowlands in the south. Its coastal waters are noted for Arctic char fishing
Staten Island: an island in the US which is the smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. A boat called the Staten Island ferry takes passengers between Manhattan and Staten Island. Many people whose family origins are Italian or Irish live there. Island in New York Harbor, a borough (pop., 2000: 443,728) of New York, New York, U.S. It has an area of almost 60 sq mi (155 sq km) and is connected to Brooklyn by the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and to New Jersey by several bridges; it is accessible to Manhattan by the Staten Island Ferry. The Dutch attempted to colonize the island in 1630 but were thwarted by the Delaware Indian inhabitants until 1661, when the Dutch West India Co. granted the island to the French and settlements were established. Following the acquisition of New Netherland in 1664 by Great Britain, English and Welsh farmers established homes and farms on the island. As Richmond, it became a borough of New York City in 1898; Staten Island was made the official name in 1975. Mostly residential, the island has some industry, including shipbuilding yards, printing plants, and oil-storage tanks and refineries. It is the seat of Wagner College (1883, moved from Rochester in 1918)
Staten Island: island comprising one of the five boroughs of New York City
Stewart Island: A volcanic island of southern New Zealand off the southern coast of South Island. It was discovered in 1808 by the British, who bought it from the Maoris in 1864
Texel Island: {i} Texel, island in northern Holland in the North Sea
Thousand Island dressing: type of salad dressing
Three Mile Island: island in Pennsylvania (USA), site of a nuclear meltdown in 1979
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Thursday Island: An island of northeast Australia in Torres Strait northwest of Cape York. It is noted for its pearl fishing beds
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Vancouver Island: {i} island off the southwestern coast of British Columbia (Canada) which does not contain the city of Vancouver
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Washington Island: An island of northeast Wisconsin in northwest Lake Michigan off the northern tip of the Door Peninsula
Wrangel Island: Island, northeastern Russia. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is crossed by the 180th meridian. It has an area of some 2,800 sq mi (7,300 sq km). Although it reaches an altitude of 3,596 ft (1,096 m) at Sovetskaya Mountain, there are no glaciers. The Russian explorer Ferdinand P. Wrangel, for whom the island was later named, determined its location from accounts of Siberian natives but did not land there during his mapping of the Siberian coast in the early 1820s. Russian fur traders subsequently visited the island, and it was sighted by U.S. vessels in 1867 and 1881. Survivors of a sunken Canadian ship reached Wrangel in 1914, and the leader of the expedition created an international incident in the early 1920s when he claimed Wrangel for Canada without authorization. The Soviet Union then annexed the island, and permanent occupation began in 1926. Wrangel Island State Reserve, established in 1976, occupies 1,730,000 ac (700,000 ha)

ısland

Hyphenation

is·land

Turkish pronunciation

aylınd

Synonyms

oasis, isle, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, enclave, haven, islet, key, peninsula, reef, refuge, retreat, sanctuary

Pronunciation

/ˈīlənd/ /ˈaɪlənd/

Etymology

[ I-l&nd ] (noun.) before 12th century. Old English īġland. The S was added by confusion with Old French isle, which is not related but is instead from Latin insula. Cognate with German Aue (“water-meadow”) and Latin aqua. Compare Dutch eiland, German Eiland, Old Norse eyland and English ey as in Anglesey, Bardsey, Ely.