Islands

/ ˈaɪləndz /

plural noun

1. the islands of the South Pacific

Example Sentences

French Polynesia comprises more than 100 islands, including Tahiti.

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In 2011, the original developer, LPC Living, sold the head lease of the buildings to a firm run by businessman Michael Gubbay, who has a portfolio of hundreds of freeholds and leaseholds around the UK registered to several firms based in the British Virgin Islands.

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Since 2021, the head lease has been held by a company registered in the British Virgin Islands that is owned by millionaire property tycoons Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz, who own thousands of freehold and leaseholds in England.

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Its 7.5 million residents are squeezed into islands covered in steep hills.

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Lentils currently cultivated in the Canary Islands have an unbroken local history that reaches back nearly 2,000 years.

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Related Words

• archipelago 
• enclave 
• isle 
• islet 
• peninsula 
• reef