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 |
New Zealand wren | birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens |
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 |
Danish | a Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark |
danish danish pastry | light sweet yeastaised roll usually filled with fruits or cheese |
Thousand Island dressing | mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hardooked egg |
Danish blue | blue cheese of Denmark |
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 |
Zealand Seeland Sjaelland | the largest island of Denmark and the site of Copenhagen |
Copenhagen Kobenhavn Danish capital | the capital and largest city of Denmark, located on the island of Zealand, Copenhagen is sometimes called the Paris of the North |
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 |
New Zealand New Zealand Islands | North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific |
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 |
New Zealand | an independent country within the British Commonwealth, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in , known for sheep and spectacular scenery |
Wellington capital of New Zealand | the capital of New Zealand |
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 |