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Definition of Anglesey island
1. Noun. An island to the northwest of Wales.
Group relationships: Cambria, Cymru, Wales
Generic synonyms: Island
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anglesey Island
Literary usage of Anglesey island
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Butler's Elementary Geography by Jacques Wardlaw Redway (1888)
"anglesey island? . Where is Cape Wrath ?—Land's End ?—Cape Clear .'—Malin Head?
Describe the River Thames—Severn—Mersey—Tweed—the Caledonian Canal. ..."
2. The Anglo-Saxon Sagas: An Examination of Their Value as Aids to History; a by Daniel Henry Haigh (1861)
"Anglesey, Cambridgeshire; anglesey island ; Englefield, Berkshire; Englewood Forest.
The En- glas, in this poem, were subjects of Offa. EOLAS. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of London by Huguenot Society of London (1894)
"... François de Coligny, Sieur d', 92. André, family of, 471. Andres, John, 347.
Angers, Bishop of, 81. Anglesey, Island of, 4". Anhalt, Princes of, 302. ..."
4. Europe: A Supplementary Geography by James Franklin Chamberlain, Arthur Henry Chamberlain (1912)
"Opposite Dublin, on anglesey island, is Holyhead. A railroad crosses the narrow
strait that separates this island from the mainland. ..."