Island Definition

īlənd

islands

noun

A land mass not as large as a continent, surrounded by water.

Webster's New World

Anything like an island in position or isolation.

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A tissue or cluster of cells differing from surrounding tissue in formation, etc.

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verb

To make into or like an island; isolate.

Webster's New World

To intersperse with or as with islands.

A prairie islanded with wooded tracts.

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pronoun

(in New York City) Long Island (in New York State)

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(in British Columbia) Vancouver Island.

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Other Word Forms of Island

Singular:

island

Plural:

islands

From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English īġland, īeġland, ēaland (“island”), from Old English īeġ (“island”) (from Proto-Germanic *awiz, *awjō (“island, water, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *akw- (“water”)) + land (“land”), equivalent to ea +‎ land. Cognate with Scots iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Danish øland (“island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”). The erroneous insertion of s—a late (16th century) spelling modification—is due to unrelated term isle. Related also to German Aue (“water-meadow”), Latin aqua (“water”). More at ea.

From Wiktionary
Alteration (influenced by isle) of Middle English ilond from Old English īegland īg, īeg akw-ā- in Indo-European roots land land lendh- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition