Definition of "islands" [islands]

• Plural form of island. (noun)
• The Caribbean islands. (proper-noun)

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• "Other chief islands are known as “out islands” or “family islands. ”—continue at Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition."
• "On the 10th of October, in the course of four miles, the voyagers passed a cluster of more than twenty islands, which Mr. Pike called _Beaver islands_, from numerous dams and paths which had been made by these animals upon them."
• "The _Cape de Verd islands, _ called _Salt islands_ by the Dutch, derive their name from Cape de Verd on the coast of Africa."