Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Mare Island. Search instead for nauru island.

Mare Island

American  
[mair] / mɛər /

noun

  1. an island in the N part of San Francisco Bay, California.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

It took place in the predawn hours of March 23, 2015, as the couple slept in the master bedroom of Quinn’s home on Mare Island.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2017

John Reilly Lewis was born Sept. 15, 1944, at Mare Island, Calif., where his father was stationed as a naval officer.

From Washington Post Jun. 11, 2016

Your Morning Video: On this date in 1945, the Navy's heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California on a secret mission.

From US News Jul. 16, 2015

It was used as a training boat at Mare Island in California, Brower said.

From Washington Times Jun. 7, 2015

The Vallejo boat, looking like a rocking horse, goes importantly chugging off toward Mare Island.

From Vignettes of San Francisco by Bailey, Almira

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 12,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training