island
Example Sentences
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To make way for a U.S. base, Britain detached the islands from the administrative control of Mauritius, which sits 1,300 miles away from the Chagos, in 1965, three years before Mauritius gained its independence.
The deal would see the UK cede sovereignty of the territory to Mauritius, and pay an average cost of £101m a year to lease back a joint UK-US military base on the largest island.
From BBC
The announcements of the trips follow news the pope will visit a series of areas within Italy in the coming months, including the island of Lampedusa.
From Barron's
The coach was born in the island's capital Nuuk and he said that Greenland was "not for sale".
From Barron's
It is the first time that Japan specified a timeline for the missile deployment to Yonaguni island since it was announced in 2022.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
