Island

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Related terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 See also 2 Breton 2.1 Proper noun 3 Czech 3.1 Proper noun 4 Danish 4.1 Proper noun 5 Estonian 5.1 Proper noun 6 German 6.1 Proper noun 7 Icelandic 7.1 Proper noun 8 Norwegian 8.1 Proper noun 9 Slovak 9.1 Proper Noun 9.1.1 Singular 9.1.2 Plural 9.2 Derived Words 10 Swedish 10.1 Proper noun

English

Etymology

From Old English iland . The S was added by confusion with French isle, which is not related but is instead from Latin insula. Anglo-Saxon īegland , pleonastic for īeg , "island", "watery land". Cognate with German Aue , "meadow", and Latin aqua. Confer German Eiland , Old Norse eyland , and English ey as in Anglesey , Bardsey , Ely .

Noun

island (plural: islands)

1. An area of land totally surrounded by water.
2. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself: an island of tranquility, a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment.

Related terms

• islander
• isle
• islet
• desert island

Translations

• Catalan: illa f
• Chinese: 島 (dǎo)
• Czech: ostrov m
• Danish: ø , (of sand) holm, (of rock) skær
• Dutch: eiland n, -en pl
• Estonian: saar? , saared pl
• Faroese: oyggj f, (small island) hólmur m, (of rock) sker n
• Finnish: saari (1), koroke (2)
• French: île f, -s pl
• German: Insel f, -n pl
• Greek: νησί (nīsi), - ά pl (el )
• Hebrew: אי (Ee) m
• Ido: insulo
• Indonesian: pulau
• Interlingua: insula

  oileán m1

• Italian: isola f
• Japanese: 島 (しま , shima)
• Kurdish: girav , dûrge
• Latin: insula f, -ae, pl
• Latvia: sala f
• Lithuanian: sala f
• Norwegian: øy
• Polish: wyspa
• Portuguese: ilha f, -s pl
• Russian: остров (ostrov) m
• Slovak: ostrov m
• Slovenian: otok m
• Spanish: isla f, -s pl
• Swedish: ö c
• Turkish: ada
• Volapük: nisul

See also

• archipelago
• atoll
• cay
• continent
• key

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Breton

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Czech

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Danish

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Estonian

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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German

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Icelandic

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Norwegian

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland

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Slovak

Proper Noun

Island m, Islandy pl

Singular

• nom Island
• gen Islandu
• dat Islandu
• acc Island
• voc Island
• loc Islande
• ins Islandom

Plural

• nom Islandy
• gen Islandov
• dat Islandom
• acc Islandy
• voc Islandy
• loc Islandoch
• ins Islandami

Derived Words

• Islanďan
• islandčina
• islandský , islandská , islandské

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Swedish

Proper noun

Island

1. Iceland