Victoria Island

American  

noun

1. an island off the coast of N Canada, in the Arctic Ocean. 80,340 sq. mi. (208,081 sq. km).

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Victoria Island British  

noun

1. a large island in the Canadian Arctic, in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Area: about 212 000 sq km (82 000 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Victoria Island Farms in Holt, Calif., near Stockton, also produces asparagus; it is mostly sold at its farm stand.

From Los Angeles Times

A concert to pay tribute to MohBad was held in a park on Lagos's Victoria Island last week, after which fans marched towards Lekki toll gate to continue their vigil.

From BBC

The concert to pay tribute to MohBad, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Aloba, was held in a park on Lagos's Victoria Island on Thursday evening.

From BBC

Once, when he visited Victoria Island in Lagos to watch a game with fans, Nigerians were so moved in his presence they nicknamed him the “Igwe” of goal scoring and honored him with an Isiagu and Igbo crown, a title and clothing typically reserved for special occasions.

From Los Angeles Times

When one looks at his pictures of Bar Beach, on Victoria Island and selected from a series that the 76-year-old photographer started in 1982, it is impossible to discern that public executions of coup plotters and armed robbers, witnessed by thousands of Lagosians, happened here.

From New York Times