Leyte
Leyte Island
Leyte invasion | a battle in World War II, the return of United States troops to the Philippines began with landings on Leyte Island in October , the battle marked first use of kamikaze aircraft by the Japanese |
Battle of Wake
Battle of Wake Island | in December the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines |
| Rhode Island red | American breed of heavy-bodied brownished general-purpose chicken |
gas pump
gasoline pump
petrol pump
island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
| island | a zone or area resembling an island |
| kitchen island | an unattached counter in a kitchen that permits access from all sides |
traffic island
safety island
safety isle
safety zone | a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded, provides safe area for pedestrians |
| Thousand Island dressing | mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hardooked egg |
| Bouvet Island | an island belonging to Norway in the South Atlantic near the Antarctic Circle |
| Sao Tiago Island | largest of the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic Ocean |
| Guadalupe Island | a Mexican island in the Pacific to the west of Baja California |
| Caribbean Island | an island in the Caribbean Sea |
| Aegean island | an island in the Aegean Sea |
| Baffin Island | the th largest island and the largest island of Arctic Canada, lies between Greenland and Hudson Bay |
| Vancouver Island | an island off southwestern Canada (off the southwestern coast of British Columbia), the largest island off the west coast of North America |
| Cape Breton Island | an island that forms the northeastern part of Nova Scotia |
| Prince Edward Island | an island in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the smallest province of Canada |
| Norfolk Island | an island territory of Australia in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Australia, formerly a British penal colony |
Wake Island
Wake | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii |
Nauru Nauru Island
Pleasant Island | a small island in the central Pacific Ocean , miles to the southwest of Hawaii, in Micronesia to the west of the Gilbert Islands |
Bahrain Bahrain Island
Bahrein Bahrein Island | an island in the Persian Gulf |
| Channel Island | any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France |
| Jersey island of Jersey | the largest of the Channel Islands |
Guernsey
island of Guernsey | a Channel Island to the northwest of Jersey |
Anglesey
Anglesey Island
Anglesea
Anglesea Island
Mona | an island to the northwest of Wales |
| North Island | the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand, separated from South Island by Cook Strait |
| South Island | the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand, separated from North Island by Cook Strait |
| Singapore Singapore Island | an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula |
| Admiralty Island | an Alaskan island in the Alexander Archipelago near Juneau |
Santa Catalina
Catalina Island | an island resort in the Pacific off the southwestern coast of California |
| Hawaii Hawaii Island | the largest and southernmost of the Hawaii islands, has several volcanic peaks |
Kahoolawe
Kahoolawe Island | an island of southentral Hawaii |
Kauai
Kauai Island | an island of Hawaii to the northwest of Oahu |
Lanai
Lanai Island | an island of central Hawaii, a pineapple-growing area |
Maui
Maui Island | the second largest of the Hawaiian Islands |
Molokai
Molokai Island | an island of central Hawaii (between Maui and Oahu) |
Nihau
Nihau Island | the most northwestern Hawaiian island (beyond Kauai) |
Oahu
Oahu Island | an island of central Hawaii (between Molokai and Kauai), the chief island of the state |
| Rock Island | a town in northwest Illinois on the Mississippi River, site of a Union prison during the American Civil War |
| Grand Island | a town in south central Nebraska |
Liberty Island
Bedloe's Island | an island in New York Bay to the southwest of Manhattan where the Statue of Liberty stands, Congress officially changed the name from Bedloe's Island to Liberty Island in |
| Manhattan Island | an island at the north end of New York Bay where the borough of Manhattan is located |
| Coney Island | a section of Brooklyn on the Atlantic, known as an amusement center |
| Ellis Island | an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States, some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island |
| Staten Island | a borough of New York City |
| Long Island | an island in southeastern New York, Brooklyn and Queens are on its western end |
| Hatteras Island | a barrier island running parallel to the North Carolina shore |
Rhode Island
Little Rhody
Ocean State
RI | a state in New England, one of the original colonies, the smallest state |
| Rhode Island | one of the British colonies that formed the United States |
Providence
capital of Rhode Island | the capital and largest city of Rhode Island, located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay, site of Brown University |