2. Proper noun. The Caribbean islands. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Islands
1. island [v] - See also: island
Lexicographical Neighbors of Islands
Literary usage of Islands
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1886)
"Espoir, Lieutenant and Commander Horace R. Adams, Ry, on August 10, 1885, and
reached the islands on the 20th. The ship entered between Horsburgh Island and ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"CANARY islands, or CANARIES, a cluster of islands in the Atlantic, politically
forming a province and military district of Spain, but geographically ..."
3. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"We arrived in view of the Keeling or /-\ Cocos islands, situated in the Indian
... Shortly afterwards, Captain Ross, who had before visited these islands in ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"A VISIT TO THE GALAPAGOS islands IN 1880. and west of the group, ... Whilst cruising
amongst the islands he observed the temperature of the water, ..."
5. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Sir Edward Hertslet (1875)
"Renunciation of Great Britain to Protectorate over the Ionian islands. Union of
Ionian islands to Greece. 2. Perpetual Neutrality of Ionian islands. ..."
6. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"Since the purchase by the United States of the Virgin islands, efforts have been
made to improve the sanitary and health conditions and to extend better ..."
7. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1886)
"Espoir, Lieutenant and Commander Horace R. Adams, Ry, on August 10, 1885, and
reached the islands on the 20th. The ship entered between Horsburgh Island and ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"CANARY islands, or CANARIES, a cluster of islands in the Atlantic, politically
forming a province and military district of Spain, but geographically ..."
9. The Voyage of the Beagle by Charles Darwin (1909)
"We arrived in view of the Keeling or /-\ Cocos islands, situated in the Indian
... Shortly afterwards, Captain Ross, who had before visited these islands in ..."
10. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1880)
"A VISIT TO THE GALAPAGOS islands IN 1880. and west of the group, ... Whilst cruising
amongst the islands he observed the temperature of the water, ..."
11. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Sir Edward Hertslet (1875)
"Renunciation of Great Britain to Protectorate over the Ionian islands. Union of
Ionian islands to Greece. 2. Perpetual Neutrality of Ionian islands. ..."
12. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1922)
"Since the purchase by the United States of the Virgin islands, efforts have been
made to improve the sanitary and health conditions and to extend better ..."
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