islands

Example Sentences

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Mal’s town of Icthus had, a few thousand years ago, been the largest trading city in the Archipelago, with a long, high seawall and a raucous port, before the enchanted islands were separated and hidden away from the rest of the world.

From Literature

There were richly carved boxes which opened only under a full moon, and teapots that never grew cold, made from fire clay forged in the eastern islands.

From Literature

“There’s a secret place, Christopher, in our world—hidden from us, to keep it safe—where all the creatures of myth still live and thrive. The people who live there call it the Archipelago. It is thirty-four islands—some as large as Denmark, some as small as a town square. Across these islands, thousands of magical creatures roam, raise their young, grow old and die, and begin again. It’s the last surviving magic place.”

From Literature

“Where are the islands? The Arki—what did you call it?”

From Literature

“Ar-ki-pe-la-go. An old word, for a cluster of islands.”

From Literature