[ˈʌɪlənd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a piece of land surrounded by water
(e.g: the island of Crete)

- a thing regarded as resembling an island, especially in being isolated, detached, or surrounded in some way
(e.g: he is an island of inspiration in a sea of sadness)

- a detached portion of tissue or group of cells


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Origin:
Old English īegland, from īeg ‘island’ (from a base meaning ‘watery, watered’) + land. The change in the spelling of the first syllable in the 16th century was due to association with the unrelated word isle

[ˈiːsland], (Noun)

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