Islands
Britishplural noun
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Within a day, observations from the Liverpool Telescope in the Canary Islands and NASA's Swift satellite in space showed that the object displayed the expected characteristics of an LFBOT.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Footage of a puffling - a baby puffin - bred on the Copeland Islands off the County Down coast has been captured for the first time.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
In the seaside resort of Palma de Majorca in the Balearic Islands, tourists, many in swimsuits, some standing in the water, watched the eclipse closely, protective glasses perched on noses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
As the countdown begins to a partial solar eclipse, people have been sharing memories of the total eclipse in 1999 in parts of the South West and Channel Islands.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
It is easy to trace how the differing environments of the Chatham Islands and of New Zealand molded the Moriori and the Maori differently.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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