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| Corsica |
a French Mediterranean island between Sardinia and the Italian coast. |
| Crete |
a Greek Mediterranean island, south of and equidistant from the Greek and Turkish mainlands. |
| Cuba |
a country on the largest island in the West Indies. |
| Curaçao |
a Dutch Caribbean island, northeast of Venezuela. [2 definitions] |
| Cyprus |
a Mediterranean island country near the southeastern coast of Turkey. |
| Delos |
a small island in the Aegean archipelago sacred as the birth place of the Greek gods Apollo and Artemis. |
| Dominica |
an island country in the West Indies. |
| Dominican Republic |
a country that occupies the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola in the West Indies. (Cf. Haiti.) |
| Doulichion |
in Greek mythology, an island nearby Ithaca, Odysseus's home. [2 definitions] |
| East Timor |
a country in Southeast Asia that consists mainly of the eastern part of the island of Timor, which it shares with the nation of Indonesia. |
| Ellis Island |
an island in Upper New York Bay where, from 1892 to 1943, millions of incoming immigrants to the U.S. were processed. The facility on the island is now a museum that illuminates the immigration experience. |
| Emerald Isle |
the island of Ireland. |
| England |
a division of the United Kingdom, comprising the southern and largest part of the island of Great Britain. |
| Fiji |
a southwestern Pacific island country northeast of Australia. |
| floating island |
a floating piece of earth similar to an island. [1/2 definitions] |
| G.B. |
abbreviation of "Great Britain," the main island of the United Kingdom, off the coast of France, occupied by England, Scotland, and Wales, and including some adjacent islands. (Cf. United Kingdom.) |
| Great Britain |
the main island of the United Kingdom, off the coast of France, occupied by England, Scotland, and Wales, and including some adjacent islands. (Cf. United Kingdom.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Greenland |
the largest island in the world, a self-governing possession of Denmark between Iceland and the northeastern coastal islands of Canada. |
| Grenada |
an island country in the eastern West Indies north of Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Guernsey |
an island of the United Kingdom in the English Channel near the northwest tip of France; Isle of Guernsey. [2 definitions] |
| Gulf of Mexico |
an area of the Atlantic Ocean that is bounded by the southern coast of the United States, the eastern coast of Mexico, and the island of Cuba. |
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