Insularity: alternatives and connections

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for their own use; "the family owned a large estate on Lon…

Of or pertaining to a chain of islands between Alaska and Kamtchatka; also, designating these islands.

Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.

A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon…

The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as…

A West Indian island, giving its name to a disease, to a cherry, etc.

A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American…

A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.

The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, fro…

The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in th…

A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South Amer…

Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lyin…

Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the Aegean Sea.

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…

A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaccao.