Island
English
Proper noun
the Island
- (in New York City) Long Island (in New York State)
- 1972, Lou Reed (lyrics and music), “Walk on the Wild Side”, in Transformer:
- Candy came from out on the Island / In the backroom, she was everybody's darling
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- (in British Columbia) Vancouver Island
- 2008 December 8, “Grizzlies at home on the Island”, in Times Colonist:
- A grizzly was photographed at Rugged Point near Kyuquot on the northwest coast of the Island in May, close to the time bears emerge from their dens, suggesting it had successfully hibernated on the Island.
- 2010 October 12, Beau Simpson, “One 'Grape escape' on Vancouver Island”, in Surrey Now:
- And so, my lovely girlfriend Kari and I headed to the Island for a weekend of wines and dines.
- 2011 July 7, Renee Andor, “His body hurts, but Vancouver Island circumnavigation record belongs to Angus”, in Comox Valley Record:
- Angus felt "fantastic" to have made it around the Island and beaten the record.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Island.
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- (UK, colloquial) HM Prison Parkhurst, a prison on the Isle of Wight.
Breton
Proper noun
Island
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɪslant]
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Island m inan
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Declension
Related terms
Danish
Proper noun
Island
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Estonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈislɑnd̥/
Declension
Declension of Island (type riik)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Island | Isilid |
genitive | Isili | Islandide |
partitive | Islandi | Islande / Islandisid |
illative | Islandi / Isilisse | Islandidesse / Isilesse |
inessive | Isilis | Islandides / Isiles |
elative | Isilist | Islandidest / Isilest |
allative | Isilile | Islandidele / Isilele |
adessive | Isilil | Islandidel / Isilel |
ablative | Isililt | Islandidelt / Isilelt |
translative | Isiliks | Islandideks / Isileks |
terminative | Isilini | Islandideni |
essive | Isilina | Islandidena |
abessive | Isilita | Islandideta |
comitative | Isiliga | Islandidega |
German
Alternative forms
- Eisland (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Norse Ísland, probably through Danish and/or Middle Low German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiːslant/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Island n (proper noun, genitive Islands or (optionally with an article) Island)
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Declension
Derived terms
- isländisch, Isländisch
- Isländer, Isländerin
- Islandpferd, Islandpony
Greenlandic
Proper noun
Island
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
- 1980, "Pissusissamisoorpoq Island nunarpullu suleqatigiissappata" ("It is proper that Iceland and Greenland [lit: our country] are going to work together") , Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten
Livonian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /islɑnd/
Proper noun
Island
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Island – Island – Islande
- Iceland – Iceland – Iceland
- Island – Island – Islande
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Usage notes
Perhaps by error LĒL lists this term as type 127 – vȯņ which has consonant shift in genitive (vȯn) a pattern that is not possible for this term. Like for Kanād the most regular type (135 – āigast) is given in this entry.
Declension
Declension of Island (135)
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål

Riksvåpen
Proper noun
Island
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /¹iːs.lan(d)/
- Rhymes: -and, -an
Proper noun
Island n
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Derived terms
- islandsand
- islandsfar
- islandsfarar
- islandsfiske
- islandshest
- islandslav
- islandsmose
- islandsmåse
- islandssild
- islandssnipe
- islandstrøye
- islandsull
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǐsland/
- Hyphenation: Is‧land
Proper noun
Ìsland m (Cyrillic spelling Ѝсланд)
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Declension
Declension of Island
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Island |
genitive | Islanda |
dative | Islandu |
accusative | Island |
vocative | Islande |
locative | Islandu |
instrumental | Islandom |
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈislant]
Proper noun
Island m inan (genitive singular Islandu, declension pattern of dub)
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Island in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
Proper noun
Island n (genitive Islands)
- Iceland (an island and country in Europe, North Atlantic Ocean; capital: Reykjavík)
Derived terms
- islandshäst
- isländare
- isländsk
- isländska
- islänning
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