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# island

noun (an island, islands)

«island» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An island is a piece of land with water all around it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#m1)
2. An island is anything that stands alone, surrounded by something different, like a traffic island in a road or a kitchen island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography, Great Britain, Ireland, Tasmania, New Zealand's North and South Islands and Hawaii are islands; Australia is so big it is called a continent. A group of islands is an archipelago. Islands can form from volcanoes or coral. In road safety, a traffic island lets pedestrians stop halfway across. In stories, a desert island, treasure island or castaway tells the reader the hero is alone and must survive. Phrases: «on an island», «desert island», «island country», «traffic island», «no man is an island».

### Examples

- Ireland is an island in the Atlantic Ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x1)
- We took a ferry to the island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x2)
- New Zealand is made up of two main islands and many smaller ones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x3)
- Hawaii's islands were made by volcanoes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x4)
- The castaway lived alone on a desert island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x5)
- Wait on the traffic island before crossing the second lane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x6)
- Robinson Crusoe was stranded on an island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x7)
- We ate breakfast at the kitchen island. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/#x8)

### Note

Spelling trap: the «s» is silent — «EYE-land». An island → «an», because it starts with a vowel sound. People live «on» an island, not «in» (except for large island countries: «in Ireland»). «Isle» is a poetic word for island (the Isle of Wight).

## In Jewish tradition

In the Bible "islands" often means far-off coastlands across the sea, which stand for distant nations.

**Interpretation.** Isaiah calls the faraway lands to praise God, and tradition reads this as the hope that all nations will one day know God.

### Examples

- Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare His praise in the islands. (Prophets ISA.42.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/island/#x1)
- According to their deeds, accordingly He will repay, fury to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; to the islands He will repay recompense. (Prophets ISA.59.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/island/#x2)
- I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools. (Prophets ISA.42.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/island/#x3)

### Note

Spelling trap: the «s» is silent — «EYE-land». An island → «an», because it starts with a vowel sound. People live «on» an island, not «in» (except for large island countries: «in Ireland»). «Isle» is a poetic word for island (the Isle of Wight).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «island» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/island/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«island» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/island.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «island» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/I/island/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«island» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/island.html) on Mova free.