Definition of Islands. Meaning of Islands. Synonyms of Islands

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Definition of Islands

Island
Island Is"land, v. t. 1. To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle. --Shelley. 2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep. --Southey.

Meaning of Islands from wikipedia

- continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been part of a continent. Oceanic islands can be formed from volcanic activity, grow...
- artificial islands List of countries by number of islands List of divided islands List of fictional islands List of island countries List of islands by area...
- economic difficulties. The Faroe Islands are an island group consisting of 18 major islands (and a total of 779 islands, islets, and skerries) about 655...
- The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the...
- Cayman Islands. As of 2017[update], no evidence has been found that the islands had been occupied before their discovery by Europeans. The Cayman Islands got...
- The Ryukyu Islands (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit. "Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko)...
- The islands have a po****tion of 2.2 million people and are the most populous special territory of the European Union. The seven main islands are from...
- Ocean. It consists of 15 islands whose total land area is approximately 236.7 square kilometres (91 sq mi). The Cook Islands' Exclusive Economic Zone...
- but Argentina maintains its claim to the islands. In April 1982, Argentine military forces invaded the islands. British administration was restored two...
- of the West Indies; the Quintana Roo islands and Belizean islands of the Yucatán Peninsula; and the Bay Islands, Miskito Cays, Archipelago of San Andrés...