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island

Definition for island

noun as in land surrounded by body of water

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Eight years on, while memories may be close to hand, home insurance for many on Barbuda and other islands in the Caribbean's hurricane belt is more prohibitively expensive than ever.

From BBC

He said that it is fantastic to see someone from Northern Ireland and indeed the whole island of Ireland reach such glittering heights.

From BBC

Most of the victims were from Bogo city, a small town on one of the largest islands in the Visayas Islands, the Philippines' central region - and the place closest to the earthquake's epicentre.

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Firefighters in Ibiza were deployed to rescue people believed to be trapped inside their vehicles and homes, the island's local authorities said.

From BBC

Prosecutors believe the suspects were part of a team that sailed a yacht called Andromeda from the German port of Rostock out into the Baltic near the Danish island of Bornholm.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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