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English Dictionary: Island by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
island
n
  1. a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
  2. a zone or area resembling an island
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [c6]gland, [?]gland,
      [?]glond; [c6]g, [?]g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [c6]g,
      [?]g, is akin to AS. e[a0] water, river, OHG. [?]uwa, G. au
      meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. [94], Goth. ahwa a
      stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
      isle. Cf. {Ait}, {Eyot}, {Ewer}, {Aquatic}.]
      1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
            continent. Cf. {Continent}.
  
      2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
            of ice.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) See {Isle}, n., 2.
  
      {Islands of the blessed} (Myth.), islands supposed to lie in
            the Western Ocean, where the favorites of the gods are
            conveyed at death, and dwell in everlasting joy.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Island, KY (city, FIPS 39700)
      Location: 37.44274 N, 87.14765 W
      Population (1990): 446 (199 housing units)
      Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 42350

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Island
      (Heb. 'i, "dry land," as opposed to water) occurs in its usual
      signification (Isa. 42:4, 10, 12, 15, comp. Jer. 47:4), but more
      frequently simply denotes a maritime region or sea-coast (Isa.
      20:6, R.V.," coastland;" 23:2, 6; Jer. 2:10; Ezek. 27:6, 7).
      (See {CHITTIM}.) The shores of the Mediterranean are
      called the "islands of the sea" (Isa. 11:11), or the "isles of
      the Gentiles" (Gen. 10:5), and sometimes simply "isles" (Ps.
      72:10); Ezek. 26:15, 18; 27:3, 35; Dan. 11:18).
     
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