Island \Is"land\, n. [OE. iland, yland, AS. [imac]gland, ?gland,
   ?glond; [imac]g, ?g, island + land, lond, land. AS. [imac]g,
   ?g, is akin to AS. e['a] water, river, OHG. ?uwa, G. au
   meadow, Icel. ey island, Dan. & Sw. ["o], Goth. ahwa a
   stream, water, L. aqua water. The s is due to confusion with
   isle. Cf. Ait, Eyot, Ewer, Aquatic.]
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   1. A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a
      continent. Cf. Continent.
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   2. Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island
      of ice.
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   3. (Zool.) See Isle, n., 2.
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   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.
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	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.
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   2. To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island
      the deep. --Southey.
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	island
     n 1: a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by
          water
     2: a zone or area resembling an island

	

	49 Moby Thesaurus words for "island":
   aerodrome, air base, airdrome, airfield, airport, ait,
   archipelagian, archipelagic, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay,
   close off, continental island, coral head, coral island,
   coral reef, cut off, enisle, field, heliport, holm, insular,
   insularity, insulate, insulated, island group, island-dotted,
   islanded, islandish, islandlike, islandology, islandy, isle, islet,
   isleted, isolated, key, landing, landing field, oceanic island,
   port, reef, sandbank, sandbar, seagirt, segregate, separate,
   sequester

	

	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).

	

	ISLAND. A piece of land surrounded by water. 
     2. Islands are in the sea or in rivers. Those in the sea are either in 
the open sea, or within the boundary of some country. 
     3. When new islands arise in the open sea, they belong to the first 
occupant: but when they are newly formed so near the shore as to be within 
the boundary of some state, they belong to that state. 
     4. Islands which arise in rivets when in the middle of the stream, 
belong in equal parts to the riparian proprietors when they arise. mostly on 
one side, they will belong to the riparian owners up to the middle of the 
stream. Bract. lib. 2, c. 2; Fleta, lib. 3, c. 2, s. 6; 2 Bl. 261; 1 Swift's 
Dig. 111; Schult. Aq. R. 117; Woolr. on Waters: 38; 4 Pick. R. 268; Dougl. 
R. 441; 10 Wend. 260; 14 S. & R. 1. For the law of Louisiana, see Civil 
Code, art. 505, 507. 
     5. The doctrine of the common law on this subject, founded on reason, 
seems to have been borrowed from the civil law. Vide Inst. 2, 1, 22; Dig. 
41, 1, 7; Code, 7; 41, 1. 
	

	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

	

	Island -- U.S. County in Washington
   Population (2000):    71558
   Housing Units (2000): 32378
   Land area (2000):     208.433586 sq. miles (539.840486 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    308.953023 sq. miles (800.184622 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    517.386609 sq. miles (1340.025108 sq. km)
   Located within:       Washington (WA), FIPS 53
   Location:             48.181864 N, 122.587342 W
   Headwords:
    Island
    Island, WA
    Island County
    Island County, WA

	

	Island, KY -- U.S. city in Kentucky
   Population (2000):    435
   Housing Units (2000): 210
   Land area (2000):     0.351417 sq. miles (0.910166 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.351417 sq. miles (0.910166 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            39700
   Located within:       Kentucky (KY), FIPS 21
   Location:             37.442444 N, 87.146633 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     42350
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Island, KY
    Island

	

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