Etymology

Noun

1. An area of land totally surrounded by water.
2. An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

   an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)

3. A superstructure on a large ship’s deck

Verb

1. To make into an island
2. To set, dot (as if) with islands
3. To isolate
   • A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXVII, lines 1-2

     High the vanes of Shrewsbury gleam

     Islanded in Severn stream.

See also

• archipelago
• atoll
• cay, key
• continent
• Island - Iceland in other languages
• peninsula