Island

ī′land, n. the smaller ma es of land surrounded with water: a large floating ma .— v.t. to cause to appear like an island: to dot as with islands.— n. Islander (ī′land-ėr), an inhabitant of an island. [M. E. iland —A.S. ígland — íg , an island, and land , land; Dut. and Ger. eiland , Ice. eyland , Sw. and Dan. öland . A.S. íg is from a root which appears in Angles- ea , Aldern- ey , ., A.S. eá , L. aqua , water, so that it originally means water-land. The s in island is due to a confusion with isle , from L. insula .]