- plural of island.
islands
Example Sentences
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"Getting a Schengen visa is becoming increasingly difficult for Turks, but this new system makes it easy and fast for us to visit the Greek islands," said Emirhan Gurses, a 21-year-old student from Manisa.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Fires have also broken out on the islands of Paros, Andros and Kalymnos.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
On Dec. 13, 1944, 1,619 Allied POWs, mostly Americans, were loaded onto the Oryoku Maru in Manila as the Japanese rushed to move prisoners to labor camps elsewhere before the Americans retook the islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Darwin's famous bird collections were not his only important discoveries on the islands.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Small seal colonies were starting to form on some of the islands around Nantucket and Cape Cod.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
