island

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A piece of land surrounded by water.

• We spent our vacation on a tropical island.
• The island has a population of only 500 people.
• Britain is an island nation.
• Biologists studying isolated island ecosystems often discover unique species that have evolved independently from mainland populations.
• Climate change threatens low-lying island nations with rising sea levels that could displace entire communities within decades.
• The volcanic island formed over thousands of years through repeated underwater eruptions along a tectonic plate boundary.

Eş anlamlılar: isle, atoll

Zıt anlamlılar: mainland, continent