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Definition of Interisland
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Interisland
Literary usage of Interisland
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippines to the End of the Commission Government: A Study in Tropical by Charles Burke Elliott (1917)
"... Construction—Iloilo—Cebu—New Manila Harbor—Foreign Steamship Service—Effect
of War and Congressional Legislation—interisland Transportation—Old Spanish ..."
2. Our Hawaii by Charmian London (1917)
"... of doomed fellow-creatures amidst their pathetic bundles of belongings on the
open after-deck of the plunging interisland steamer bound for Molokai. ..."
3. Foreign Assistance: U.S. Fund to Two Micronesian Nations Had Little Impact by Emil Friberg, Jr., Susan S. Westin (2001)
"10). igure 10: Investment in interisland Cargo Transportation, FSM Micro Dawn
Cargo Ship in Dry Dock, Kosrae, FSM Source: GAO. ..."
4. Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands by Philippines Governor (1906)
"interisland QUARANTINE. Early during the year it was the intention to recommend
that the quarantine inspection upon the arrival of all interisland vessels ..."
5. Pricing Behavior in Philippine Corn Markets: Implications for Market Efficiency by Meyra Sebello Mendoza, Mark W. Rosegrant (1995)
"Most of the cargo vessels for interisland transportation are very old. ...
The regulation of interisland shipping and port facilities has fostered ..."
6. Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce by United States Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, James Robert. [from old catalog] Mann (1908)
"How about the interisland lights? How fast are they taking them over? Mr. MANN.
... What other use is made of them except by the interisland Company? ..."
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