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Island

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

See also:Island',Ísland,Īsland,andisland

English

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Proper noun

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theIsland

(New York City)Long Island (in New York State).
- 1972, Lou Reed, “Walk on the Wild Side”, inTransformer:
  Candy came from out on theIsland / In the backroom, she was everybody's darling
(New Jersey)Long Beach Island.
(British Columbia)Vancouver Island.
- 2008 December 8, “Grizzlies at home on the Island”, inTimes Colonist:
  A grizzly was photographed at Rugged Point near Kyuquot on the northwest coast of theIsland in May, close to the time bears emerge from their dens, suggesting it had successfully hibernated on theIsland.
- 2010 October 12, Beau Simpson, “One 'Grape escape' on Vancouver Island”, inSurrey Now:
  And so, my lovely girlfriend Kari and I headed to theIsland for a weekend of wines and dines.
- 2011 July 7, Renee Andor, “His body hurts, but Vancouver Island circumnavigation record belongs to Angus”, inComox Valley Record:
  Angus felt "fantastic" to have made it around theIsland and beaten the record.
- For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:Island.
(Canada, colloquial)Synonym ofPrince Edward Island.
(Internet slang)Epstein Island.
(UK, colloquial)HM Prison Parkhurst, a prison on theIsle of Wight.

Anagrams

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Ladins,Lindas,ilands,Landis

Breton

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BretonWikipedia has an article on:

Island

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Proper noun

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Island

Iceland (anisland andcountry in theNorth Atlantic Ocean inEurope)

Czech

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CzechWikipedia has an article on:

Island

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromIcelandicÍsland.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): [ˈɪslant]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:is‧land

Proper noun

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Island m inan (relational adjectiveislandský,demonymIslanďan,femaledemonymIslanďanka)

Iceland (anisland andcountry in theNorth Atlantic Ocean inEurope)

Declension

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Declension ofIsland (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Island
genitive	Islandu
dative	Islandu
accusative	Island
vocative	Islande
locative	Islandu
instrumental	Islandem

Derived terms

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islandka f

Related terms

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islandština f

Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:

Island

Wikipedia^da

Etymology

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FromOld NorseÍsland.

Proper noun

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Island

Iceland (anisland andcountry in theNorth Atlantic Ocean inEurope)

Derived terms

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Estonian

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EstonianWikipedia has an article on:

Island

Wikipedia^et

Etymology

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FromOld NorseÍsland.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈislɑnd̥/,[ˈislɑnd̥]
Rhymes:-islɑnd
Hyphenation:Is‧land

Proper noun

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Island (genitiveIslandi,partitiveIslandi)

Iceland (anisland andcountry in theNorth Atlantic Ocean inEurope)
Islandile ―to Iceland
Islandil ―in Iceland
Islandilt ―from Iceland

Declension

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Declension ofIsland (ÕS type22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Island	—
accusative	nom.	Island
accusative	gen.	Islandi
genitive		Islandi	—
partitive		Islandi	—
illative		Islandi Islandisse	—
inessive		Islandis	—
elative		Islandist	—
allative		Islandile	—
adessive		Islandil	—
ablative		Islandilt	—
translative		Islandiks	—
terminative		Islandini	—
essive		Islandina	—
abessive		Islandita	—
comitative		Islandiga	—

Derived terms

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References

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Island inSõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
“Island”, in[EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009

German

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GermanWikipedia has an article on:

Island

Wikipedia^de

Alternative forms

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Eisland(obsolete)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Low GermanÎslant, a calque ofOld NorseÍsland(“Iceland”), fromíss(“ice”) +‎land(“land”). The High-Germanized formEisland did not establish itself; that withI- was reinforced byDanishIsland. Compare the same inGrönland.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈiːslant/
Audio(Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Rhymes:-ant

Proper noun

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Island n (proper noun,genitiveIslandsor(optionally with an article)Island)

Iceland (anisland andcountry in theNorth Atlantic Ocean inEurope)

Declension

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Declension ofIsland [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Island
genitive	eines	des	Islands
dative	einem	dem	Island
accusative	ein	das	Island

Derived terms

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Greenlandic

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Proper noun

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Island

Iceland (anisland andcountry in theNorth Atlantic Ocean inEurope)
- 1980, "Pissusissamisoorpoq Island nunarpullu suleqatigiissappata" ("It is proper that Iceland and Greenland [lit: our country] are going to work together") ,Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten

Livonian

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IPA^(key): /ˈislɑnd/,[ˈisˑlɑnd̪̥]

Proper noun

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Island

Iceland (anisland andcountry in theNorth Atlantic Ocean inEurope)
- 2012–2013, “Island”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors,Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:
  Island – Island – Islande
  Iceland – Iceland – Iceland

Usage notes

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Perhaps by errorLĒL lists this term as type 127 –vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like forKanād the most regular type (135 –āigast) is given in this entry.

Declension

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Declension ofIsland (135)
	singular(ikšlu’g)	plural(pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative(nominatīv)	Island	—
genitive(genitīv)	Island	—
partitive(partitīv)	Islandõ	—
dative(datīv)	Islandõn	—
instrumental(instrumentāl)	Islandõks	—
illative(illatīv)	Islandõ	—
inessive(inesīv)	Islandõs	—
elative(elatīv)	Islandõst	—

References

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Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “Island”, inLīvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra