fern cake

The last fern cake, and you hid it, you deceitful girl!

1978, Mary Burg Whitcomb, Tee-Bo in the Great Hort Hunt, page 68:

So both of us were satisfied when she whispered "Wid ye like my pie" and sometimes it stretched to a fern cake or an eiffel tower as well.

1998, Robert L. Aitken, Not Many Noble: A Story of the Lanarkshire Coalfield, page 210:

McCoy was in a booth with a pot of tea and a fern cake in front of him, that day's Tribune open on the table.

2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 378:

A Scottish confection consisting of a small round iced cake with a chocolate fern traced on top.


Admiralties

Admiralty Islands
Admiralty Islands#English

Synonym of Admiralty Islands: An islands in South Pacific, Pacific Ocean


Twopenny Tube

(obsolete, informal) The London Underground


Gorée

Borrowed from French Gorée, from Dutch [Term?].

An island in Dakar, Senegal; one of the 19 communes d'arrondissement of Dakar.


Gaodeng

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 高登 (Gāodēng).

Meanwhile, the Mazu islands included a number of smaller islands, including Beigan (北竿) and Gaodeng.

2013, Bruce A. Elleman, “PRC Disputes with the ROC on Taiwan”, in Beijing's Power and China's Borders: Twenty Neighbors in Asia, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 271:

In addition to Taiwan Island, Taipei governs some distant groups of islands/ rocks (Mazu Islands and Kinmen Islands), some of which are located at a sight distance from mainland China (e.g., Gaodeng Island is located 9 km from mainland China and Kinmen Islands are situated a couple of km east of China’s Xiamen city).

2022, Alexander Lott, “Tensions in and over the Taiwan Strait in 2021”, in Nilufer Oral, editor, Hybrid Threats and the Law of the Sea: Use of Force and Discriminatory Navigational Restrictions in Straits (International Straits of the World), volume 19, Brill Nijhoff, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 177:

A Matsu website reported Friday (May 20) that two speedboats had recently appeared near Gaodeng Island, part of Matsu’s Beigan Township, with individuals on board wearing helmets and showing no intention of fishing.

2022 May 21, Matthew Strong, “Taiwan coast guard doubts PLA piloted speedboats near outlying island”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2022-05-21, Politics:

For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (東莒) and Sijyu (西莒), as well as smaller islets.
When I was doing education and promotional work across Taiwan in the Young Women’s Working Brigade, I visited Matsu four times, visiting Beigan (北竿), Nangan (南竿) and Dongyin (東引) townships, as well Dongjyu and Sijyu, along with other islands such as Liang (亮島) and Gaodeng (高登), with each tour lasting three months.

2023 March 9, Ling-ling (張玲玲) Chang, “Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-09, Editorials, page 8:

According to Lii, while port declarations show that boats carrying lobsters applied 33 times to leave for Daqiu Island, which is currently uninhabited, ship records show that the vessels instead sailed to waters off Gaodeng Island, which is located nearly 9.25 kilometers from the Beijiao Peninsula in China's Fujian Province, where they made transactions with Chinese fishing boats at sea.

2023 March 17, Chang Ai, Wang Chao-yu, Evelyn Kao, “Matsu lobster smugglers face NT$98 million fines”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2023-03-16, Cross-Strait:

An island in Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.


Cheung Chau

One morning, I took the ferry to Cheung Chau, a speck of land southwest of Hong Kong Island. There it was even easier to forget that just six miles away, barricades were being set up in anticipation of a major protest in Mong Kok.

2019 November 19, Sebastian Modak, “We Put Hong Kong on the 52 Places to Go List. Things Got Complicated.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-11-19, Travel:

The first thing crowds saw Wednesday as they poured from the Cheung Chau island ferry onto a wide, waterfront promenade was a temporarily vegetarian McDonald’s. “Adhering to the rituals of the Bun Festival,” a small printed sign read, explaining that the restaurant would temporarily offer a McVeggie burger and products without meat, dairy or eggs.

2024 May 20, Andrew Genung, Billy H.C. Kwok, “The race up a Hong Kong tower covered in 40 feet of steamed buns”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-05-20, Travel:

An island in Islands district, New Territories, Hong Kong.


Peng Chau

Far from the madding crowd of Hong Kong, though only 45 minutes away by ferry, is the island of Peng Chau, where you won't find peace and quiet either. But this weather-beaten little island (Peng Chau seems to get particularly pummeled by the later summer typhoons) offers an unhampered look at traditional Chinese sea-village life.

1985 December 8, William Schwalbe, “45 MINUTES FROM HONG KONG”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-24, Section 10, page 19:

After leaving Kowloon, my first stop was tiny Peng Chau Island, where I had arranged to catch a boat for the crossing to Lantau.

1988 April 16, David Yeadon, “HONG KONG MEMORIES IN A MIST THE SERENE PLEASURES OF THE OUT ISLANDS”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-02-18, Lifestyle:


Lamma Island

All of those confirmed dead and most of those injured are thought to have been on board a boat owned by the Hong Kong Electric company when it collided with the ferry near Lamma Island.

2012 October 2, “At least 37 killed in Hong Kong boat crash”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2015-09-12, China:

Lamma Island is a residential island two miles off the coast of Hong Kong Island.

2019 January 8, Tiffany May, “Oil Tanker Catches Fire in Hong Kong, Killing One and Leaving Two Missing”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-01-08, Asia Pacific:


Tottenhamite

It was a brave sight on a Sunday morning to see those old Tottenhamites—each with his comfortable lady-wife on his arm—proceeding in their stiff Sunday best to the morning service; pitying the Quaker friends they met on their way for their incomplete and unenlightened faith—the Quakers, of course, pitying the Churchmen for theirs.

1914, S. G. Tallentyre [Evelyn Beatrice Hall], “VIII. Realisation”, in Matthew Hargraves, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 155:

(rare) A native or inhabitant of Tottenham in London.


Kolhumadulu

Borrowed from Dhivehi ކޮޅުމަޑުލު (koḷumaḍulu).

bor+

An atoll in the Maldives. Capital: Veymandoo


Fuvahmulah

Borrowed from Dhivehi ފުވައްމުލައް (fuvammulak̊).

ފުވައްމުލައް


Invernessian

We know not very well what a Ross man feels to an Invernessian; we must leave this to greater adepts than ourselves; but we understand that Argyleshire; but we must understand that Argyleshire prides itself on comparative civilization.

1827, The Port Folio, Editor and Asbury Dickens:

A native or inhabitant of Inverness, United Kingdom.


Northamptonian

To my friends and fellow-citizens of Northampton — Thinking these few lines, being the experience of a young Northamptonian in America, would be interesting generally to my former friends and acquaintances in the good old town of St. Crispin, I enclose them, deeming this is a sufficient for troubling your columns.

1888, “A trip to the Rocky Mountains of North America.”, in Latter-day Saints Millennial Star, volume 50, page 338:

A native or inhabitant of Northampton, United Kingdom.


Chelmsfordian

Dr. Grisby, an old Chelmsfordian, founder of the Law School in Japan and president of the District Court in Cyprus 1893–5 was present.

1907, The Victoria History of the County of Essex, Constable:

A native or inhabitant of Chelmsford, United Kingdom.


Bongistan

(slang, derogatory, 4chan) Great Britain or United Kingdom.


Coron

An island in the Calamianes, Palawan, Philippines


Tory Island

A small inhabited island off the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland.


ceilidh house

(historical) A building, often a private residence, where a ceilidh was held.


Dorval Island

Hochelaga Archipelago
Hochelaga Archipelago#English

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River#English

An island in Hochelaga Archipelago, Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, co-terminous with the city Dorval Island, offshore to the south of Dorval, Montreal Island


Nuns' Island

en:Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal

nun+island. From being an island formerly owned by a women's religious order. From being owned by the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal (Congrégation de Notre-Dame), a non-cloistered women's congregation

An island in Hochelaga Archipelago, Saint Lawrence River, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, co-terminous with the suburb Nuns' Island, located offshore to the south from Verdun borough, Montreal Island


Inchgarvie

As we descended the long wooden stairway that leads from the central tower to the Island of Inchgarvie, the straight and simple outlines of the internal viaduct stood out in sharp contrast to the long sweep of the massive tubular arms of the cantilevers, and the complicated network of the lattice cross girders.

1950 March, H. A. Vallance, “On Foot Across the Forth Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 150:

A small island in the Firth of Forth, within Edinburgh council area, Scotland. One pier for the Forth Bridge is built on it (OS grid ref NT1379).


West Falkland

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English

An island, the smaller of the two main islands of the Falkland Islands.


East Falkland

An island, the larger of the two main islands of the Falkland Islands.


Normal Island

The phrase ‘normal island’ has lately become a staple of UK social media discourse; it marks a weary dissent from the sometimes comically jingoist and authoritarian tendencies that animate so much public debate in contemporary Britain.

[2021 November 25, Des Fitzgerald, “Normal Island: COVID-19, Border Control, and Viral Nationalism in UK Public Health Discourse”, in Sociological Research Online, volume 28, number 2, →DOI:

2021 December 8, Ruby Lott-Lavigna, “Normal Island: UK Loses It Over ‘Illegal’ Christmas Party at Boris Johnson’s House”, in Vice

“Just another normal day here on Normal Island,” people observe, nodding at the respectful closure of Legoland or the mournfully closed cycle racks in Norwich.

2022 September 15, Marc Burrows, “For those of us who are neither monarchists nor republicans, this is the strangest time”, in New Statesman:

As the publication explained, the £100million spent on the coronation could’ve paid for a £38,000 donation to every single food bank in the UK. / Another day on normal island.

2023 May 6, Dayna McAlpine, “Yup, A Gold Carriage In A Cost Of Living Crisis Is A Different Level Of Bad Taste”, in HuffPost UK:

(UK Internet slang, derogatory, ironic) Great Britain.


Eblana

Derived from Koine Greek Έβλανα (Éblana).

der+

An ancient Irish settlement of unknown location, once believed to be Dublin but now considered to be Loughshinny.


Andøya

An island in the municipality of Andøy, Vesterålen district, Nordland, Norway, the largest island of the Vesterålen archipelago

جزيره آند

An island and neighbourhood in the city of Kristiansand in Agder county, Norway.

Andøya

island and neighbourhood in Kristiansand, Agder, Norway


Hoàng Sa

Paracel Islands (an archipelago in the South China Sea, Pacific Ocean).


Trường Sa

Spratly Islands (an archipelago in the South China Sea, Pacific Ocean).


Wanshan

In view of the number of endemic species known from Hong Kong islands, including some found at low elevation such as Philautus romeri, Megophrys brachykolos, and Dibamus bogadeki, the Wanshan Islands will repay a thorough investigation.

1997, James Lazell, Michael Lau, Wenhua Lu, “A Brief Herpetological Excursion to Wai Ling Ding, Wanshan Islands, South China Sea”, in Asiatic Herpetological Research, volume 7, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84, column 1:

The Wanshan Archipelago comprises roughly 104 islands within the administration of Zhuhai; and while quiet today, they have had a turbulent history, mostly intertwined with Hong Kong.

2018 August 21, “The Chinese island that is so close to Hong Kong, yet very different: Wailingding – how to get there and what to see”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-08-21, Travel & Leisure:

An archipelago in Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China.


October Revolution Island

An island in Russia, in the Arctic Ocean; the largest island of the Severnaya Zemlya group.


Leeward Antilles

The westernmost islands in the southern half of the Lesser Antilles, in the Caribbean Sea, just north of the Venezuelan coast.


Coloane

Probably from Cantonese 過路環／过路环 (gwo3 lou6 waan4), a Qing-era name of the sea off the southwest coast of Coloane, via Portuguese.

Macao, at the mouth of the Canton river, contained, with the dependent islands of Taipa and Coloane, 74,568 Chinese, 3,106 native Portuguese, 615 Portuguese from the Continent and 177 from the islands, and 161 foreigners.

1899, “Portugal”, in Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898 (Third Series), volume III (XXXVIII), New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 649, column 2:

The Catholic being the state religion of Portugal, the prisons and the five government hospitals at Macao and in Portuguese Timor are all open to the ministrations of Catholic priests and sisters; three of these hospitals have chaplains of their own. The government also maintains on the islands of Coloane and Dom João, near Macao, two leperhouses, which are frequently visited by missionaries and sisters.

1910, Francis J. Bacchus, “Macao”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, volume IX, New York: Robert Appleton Company, page 482, column 1:

Including two small islands—Taipa and Coloane—the whole colony totals only six square miles, but it supports some 300,000 people. About 99 percent are Chinese, many of them refugees.

1953 May, George W. Long, “Macau, a Hole in the Bamboo Curtain”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume CIII, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 679, column 1:

Macao (UPI) — Three Chinese children were drowned when a sampan with 12 Chinese aboard sank while fleeing Communist China, it was learned. The 9 adults swam to safety on Coloane island off this Portuguese enclave.

1960 September 3, “3 Die Fleeing Reds”, in The Lincoln Star, volume 58, number 290, Lincoln, Nebraska, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 7:

To the south of the main part of Macau, a bridge spanning a mile and a half of water leads to the island of Taipa, and a causeway connects Taipa to the other island, Coloane.

1986 January 12, Rudy Maxa, “Magical Macau, Gateway to China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-16:

Coloane, the southernmost of Macao's two islands, which is connected to the Macao peninsula by bridges and a causeway.

2005 July 8, Alex Frew McMillan, “In Macao, developers look to property as a sure bet”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-16, Real Estate:

Over the next three years, the operators, including Melco Crown, SJM Holdings Ltd, Galaxy Entertainment Group and MGM China Holdings, will open new resorts on the Cotai strip, a reclaimed stretch of land between the bustling main peninsula of Macau and Coloane island, which is modelled on the Las Vegas strip.

2015 February 8, Farah Master, “In Macau, casino titans join China reform wagon”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-09-16, CYCLICAL CONSUMER GOODS:

A similar physical joining has happened to Taipa and Coloane because of land reclamation from the sea. The new strip of land joining the two islands is known as Cotai (from Coloane and Taipa).

2017 May, Emily Matchar, Piera Chen, “Macau”, in Hong Kong (Lonely Planet), 17th edition, Lonely Planet Global Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 192:

It’s hard to imagine now, but there were once three mountainous, verdant islands between Macau and mainland China. The Portuguese named them Dom João, Montanha and Lapa. Later the islands became known in Chinese as Xiao (Little) Hengqin, Da (Big) Hengqin and Wanzai, respectively.
The two Hengqins, which faced Coloane and Taipa, were eventually joined by land reclamation to form a single island while Wanzai, a mere few hundred metres from Macau’s Inner Harbour (Porto Interior), saw its inclines levelled enough to become a peninsula.

2021 November 21, “On Chinese islands next to Macau, great stories of pirates, typhoons and war played out”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-21:


Dom João

1910, Francis J. Bacchus, “Macao”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, volume IX, New York: Robert Appleton Company, →OCLC, page 482, column 1:

Today, Ilha Verde and Taipa are administered by Portugal whereas the other territories discussed in these papers are under Chinese administration. In the prologue to the paper concerning Dom João (Xiaohengqin Island), the author indicates that he was preparing similar papers concerning Coloane and Tai-Vong-Cam (Dahengqin) Islands.

1989, Richard Louis Edmonds, “Geography and Geology”, in Macau, volume 105, Clio Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:

1937 (3 December) Memorandum on boundaries of Macau relating to Lapa, Dom João and Vong Cam (Montanha) signed between consul for Portugal and consul for Japan in Hong Kong.

2016, “Timeline”, in Geoffrey C. Gunn, editor, Wartime Macau: Under the Japanese Shadow, HKU Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 194:

Perhaps it would have been simpler if, like Taipa and Coloane, the Portuguese had physically merged Macau with two other islands: Montanha and Dom João (Xiao Hengqin and Da Hengqin, in Cantonese, with Montanha known as Tai Vong Cam).[…]
The most curious thing: this small, economically more valuable part corresponds almost entirely to the landfill that in the 90’s linked the two islands, which means that the original land of Montanha and Dom João was mostly hilly and unsuitable for real estate development (as the images in these pages show).[…]
For a short time, two years later, the Japanese expelled the Portuguese, and at the end of World War II, Montanha and Dom João passed definitively to the Chinese side (in 1938, a Portuguese-language newspaper published in Macau tells us that General Chiang-Kai Chek proposed a landfill connect the two islands . . .).

2019 June 14, “Portuguese, Japanese and Chinese”, in Macau Business, archived from the original on 2023-09-16:

(historical) A former island in Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, that became part of Hengqin.


Hengqin

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 橫琴／横琴 (Héngqín).

A strange telegram comes from Peking. It says that at some date prior to the 11th inst., a Chinese squadron attacked the Portuguese gun-boats lying off Hengchin Island, and inflicted a loss of over 10 killed and wounded. The Governor of Macao at once despatched reinforcements which bombarded the island and caused many casualties.

[1910 July 23 [1910 July 18], “THE MACAO AFFAIR”, in The Japan Weekly Mail: A Review of Japanese Commerce, Politics, Literature, and Art, volume LIV, number 4, Yokohama, page 102, column 2:

When classes start in September, the University of Macau’s new campus — still under construction on about a square kilometer, or roughly 250 acres, on Hengqin Island in southern Guangdong Province — will be “handed over” to Macau governance in accordance with a 2009 bill by the National People’s Congress in Beijing.

2013 July 14, Joyce Lau, Calvin Yang, “University of Macau Moves Over the China Border”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-07-18, Asia Pacific:

China’s expanding high-speed train network and projects such as a 38 billion yuan bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and Zhuhai on the mainland are reducing travelling times to Macau. The development of neighbouring Hengqin island - which is also part of mainland China - is also likely to boost visitors to Macau.

2014 January 2, Farah Master, “Macau rakes in $45 billion gaming revenue in 2013, up 19%”, in Christopher Cushing, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2023-10-12, Business News:

In several documents of the 19th Century and first half of the 20th Century these two islands appear as part of the colony of Macau, but it is true that they never held strategic or economic interest for the Portuguese – which is understandable: while the island now known as Hengqin occupies a total land area of 106.46 square kilometres, only 28 are good for development.

The announcement comes days after Beijing announced plans to include Qianhai, a special co-operation zone in Guangdong’s Shenzhen, and Hengqin, an island in the southern city of Zhuhai, as part of the Greater Bay Area’s long-term development.

2021 September 10, “China, Hong Kong, Macao banks to offer regional investments”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2021-09-10:

He reportedly left Macau with his friends on the night of 25 October (Tuesday) for Hengqin to drive home. They were immediately taken to quarantine upon arrival in Yeungkong city.

2022 October 28, “Guangdong man infected with Covid-19 visited Macau earlier this week”, in Macau Business Media, archived from the original on 2022-10-28:

An island in Xiangzhou district, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China, partially leased by Macau.


Bora Bora

From Tahitian pora pora (literally “firstborn”).

bor

French Polynesia
French Polynesia#English

An island in the Society Islands, overseas collectivity of French Polynesia


Mombasa Island

An island on the coast of Kenya, which includes part of the city of Mombasa, and is linked to the Kenyan mainland by a causeway.


Ireland's Eye

A small island in the Irish Sea north of Howth, County Dublin, Ireland, long uninhabited but visited by day trippers (Irish grid ref O2841).


Po Toi

Mr Blair-Kerr went on to say that the place where the offence occurred was just off Brick Hill, or Wong Chuk Hang, near Aberdeen. The complainant, Chan For-tai, would give evidence that he, his wife, mother and two brothers, set off in their fishing junk about 2 a.m., on January 5 to fish. They sailed south from Aberdeen, then eastwards towards Wong Chuk Hang, and were heading for an island further south, Po Toi.

1954 April 5, “Sequel To Raid On Aberdeen Fishing Junk”, in China Mail, number 35783, →OCLC, page 10, column 6:

The cargo ship Zhong Xing 2 sank after the collision with the 300-m- (984-ft-) long Marshall Islands-registered MOL Motivator about two nautical miles southwest of Po Toi Island, a spokeswoman of the Hong Kong Maritime Department said.

2014 May 5, Alice Woodhouse, “Eleven crew missing after ships collide off Hong Kong”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-11-30:

One person was rescued following the 3 a.m. accident about three miles off Po Toi Island, which is just southeast of Hong Kong Island in the South China Sea.

2014 May 5, Gerry Mullany, Keith Bradsher, “11 Missing After Cargo Ships Collide Near Hong Kong”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2014-05-05, Asia Pacific:

An island in Po Toi, Islands district, Hong Kong.


Shek Ngau Chau

In the second operation, police arrested 15 male asylum seekers after two speedboats sneaked into Hong Kong from the mainland and left them on Shek Ngau Chau in northeast Hong Kong waters and Tuen Mun before dawn.
Nine of the men, who were Pakistanis, were initially found by a marine police launch on Shek Ngau Chau at about 5.26am.

2009 October 22, Clifford Lo, “32 IIs caught on 7 boats in separate operations”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-01-28, Latest:

From Point 21, joining in sequential straight lines through the following 10 points and Point 1:
1. the coordinates Latitude of 22° 21' 54.5" N, Longitude 114°30'08.8" E (Point 22);
2. the mid-point between the most protruding tip on the coastline north of Dalu Wan and the beacon on Shek Ngau Chau (Point 23, Latitude 22°28'07.4" N, Longitude 114°27'17.6" E);[…]

2011 August [1997], “The Map of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China [中华人民共和国香港特别行政区行政区域图]”, in 陈丽红, editor, Laws and Regulations of the People's Republic of China: Constitutional Law [中华人民共和国法律法规汇编：宪法卷], China Legal Publishing House, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 315:

由21号点与一下10点和1号点直线连城：
1.北纬22°21'54.5"，东经114°30'08.8"（22号点）；
2.大鹿湾北面海岸线最突出部至石牛洲导航灯间的中点（23号点，北纬22°28'07.4"，东经114°27'17.6"）；[…]


Waiheke Island

An island in Hauraki Gulf, Auckland region, New Zealand.


Montanha

Mong-chau, or Ballast island, bears N.N.W., distant 2 1/2 miles, from the west point of Montanha, and between them there are two passages leading to Macao, but both so shoal at low Avater as only to afford a passage for boats.

1861, “Approaches to Canton River, including Hong Kong”, in The China Pilot: The Coast of China, Korea, and Tartary; the Sea of Japan, Gulfs of Tartary and Amur, and Sea of Okhotsk, 3rd edition, pages 15-16:

Macau will never be able to overcome its limitation posed by its tiny size, unless after 1999 the Central Government in Beijing would be generous enough, to make the adjacent islands D. João and Montanha part of the Macau SAR, which would increase the territory’s area at least three times.

2001, Gary M. C. Ngai [魏美昌], “Macau's Identity: The Need for its Preservation and Development into the Next Century”, in Arthur H. Chen, editor, Culture of Metropolis in Macau: An International Symposium on Cultural Heritage: Strategies for the Twenty-first Century, Cultural Affairs Bureau [文化局], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 142, columns 1, 2:

1937 (3 December) Memorandum on boundaries of Macau relating to Lapa, Dom João and Vong Cam (Montanha) signed between consul for Portugal and consul for Japan in Hong Kong.
1937 (28 December) Japanese bombing of Montanha (Hengqin) Island and Portuguese occupation of Man Lio Ho village.

It’s hard to imagine now, but there were once three mountainous, verdant islands between Macau and mainland China. The Portuguese named them Dom João, Montanha and Lapa. Later the islands became known in Chinese as Xiao (Little) Hengqin, Da (Big) Hengqin and Wanzai, respectively.
The two Hengqins, which faced Coloane and Taipa, were eventually joined by land reclamation to form a single island while Wanzai, a mere few hundred metres from Macau’s Inner Harbour (Porto Interior), saw its inclines levelled enough to become a peninsula.

2021 November 21, “On Chinese islands next to Macau, great stories of pirates, typhoons and war played out”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-11-21:


Gilford Island

British Columbia
British Columbia#English

An island in British Columbia, Canada, between the Tribune Channel and Knight Inlet.


Whidbey Island

An island in Island County, Washington, United States, the largest island in the state.


Shannon stopover

en-noun

Shannon stopover (plural Shannon stopovers)

(Ireland, aviation, historical) A compulsory stopover at Shannon Airport that was imposed on airline flights from North America which intended to visit another airport in the Republic of Ireland (such as Dublin), which applied to all flights from 1986 to 1993, then half of all flights until its abolition in 2007.


Uotsuri Island

/ˌuːoʊˈtsʊəɹi/

From Japanese 魚釣島(うおつりしま) (uotsurishima).

A rescue ship headed toward Formosa today with the 13 persons who lived through the wrecking of a Japanese airways land plane in a forced landing on Uotsuri Island.
The stranded crew of four and nine passengers were sighted by the ship along the beach, 110 miles north of Formosa.

1940 February 6, “13 Rescued from Wrecked Plane”, in Victoria Daily Times, volume 96, number 31, Victoria, B.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 14, column 1:

Japan sent home the first of a group of Chinese activists and reporters late on Friday, two days after arresting them on the disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China.
Five were detained on the Uotsuri Island for violating immigration laws, while the other nine were picked up by the Japanese Coast Guard.

2012 August 17, “Japan deports pro-China activists”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2022-08-13, News:

Japanese activists raised flags early Sunday on Uotsuri Island, part of the small archipelago known in Japan as Senkaku and in China as Diaoyu.[…]
Even as the protests began unfolding Sunday morning, a group of conservative Japanese activists might have planted the seeds for further anger in China. About 10 of the activists, including local assembly members from Tokyo, swam ashore to the disputed island, Uotsuri. While Japan controls the island chain, the Tokyo government restricts access to avoid inflaming regional tensions. The 10 who landed Sunday did so without permission, and were later questioned by the Japanese Coast Guard.

2012 August 19, Keith Bradsher, Martin Fackler, “Chinese Take to Streets as Dispute With Japan Escalates”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-08-19, Asia Pacific:

Meanwhile, Japanese media reported at the weekend that a Coast Guard Administration vessel was seen operating in waters near the Diaoyutais, coming within 39km off Uotsuri Island, the largest islet in the chain, known as the Senkakus by the Japanese.

2013 January 28, J. Michael Cole, “Patch reaffirms sovereignty over Diaoyutais”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2013-02-04, Front Page, page 1:

On the day Xu, identified as a native of Hebei province, was fished out of the water 22 km (14 miles) south of Uotsuri island, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reiterated his commitment to a stronger military and to revising the pacifist constitution.

2014 January 2, Junko Fujita, Ben Blanchard, “Chinese balloonist lands in midst of isle dispute with Japan”, in William Mallard, Robert Birsel, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 2016-12-02, World News:

Xu Shuaijun, who identified himself as a cook, ditched in the East China Sea on Wednesday after experiencing problems during a 223-mile (360km) crossing from the Chinese province of Fujian to Uotsuri Island, known in China as Diaoyu Dao. It is 1.6sq miles (4.3sq km) and is the largest of the Senkaku islands, which are administered by Japan but claimed by China under the name of the Diaoyus.[…]
In 2012, a group of Hong Kong-based activists were arrested and swiftly deported after briefly landing on Uotsuri island. A few days later, a group of Japanese nationalists did the same, although the Japanese Government restricts landings even by its own citizens to minimise offence to Beijing.

2014 January 3, Richard Lloyd Parry, “Chinese balloonist saved after failed bid to claim islands”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-08-10:

At around 5:30 a.m., crewmembers of a JCG patrol boat received an SOS from the 106,726-ton freighter Anangel Courage. The patrol vessel and a JCG plane found the freighter on the high seas about 67 kilometers away from Uotsuri Island, one of the Senkaku Islands, which are also claimed by China.

2016 August 11, “Chinese fishing boat collides with Greek freighter near Senkakus, 6 rescued”, in The Mainichi, archived from the original on 2016-08-12:

On 13 December 2012, China sent a State Oceanic Administration aircraft (Harbin Y-12) to fly over the territorial space of Uotsuri Island, one of the disputed islands, thereby creating a dangerous situation of contingency and escalation, especially after the Japanese government scrambled its fighter jets to drive it out.

2017, Yongwook Ryu, “The Nationalist Threat to the East Asian Peace”, in Elin Bjarnegård, Joakim Kreutz, editors, Debating the East Asian Peace: What it is. How it came about. Will it last?, NIAS Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 251–252:

Several government sources told Kyodo News that a drill involving the Self-Defence Forces (Japan’s de facto military), coastguard and police took place at an uninhabited island in Nagasaki prefecture with land features resembling Uotsuri Island, one of the islets that make up the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands in the East China Sea.

2021 December 27, Kyodo, Julian Ryall, “Japan simulated ‘foreign’ invasion of Diaoyu Islands in East China Sea with drill involving Self-Defence Forces, coastguard and police”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-20, This Week in Asia / Politics:

An island in Ishigaki, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands


Binlang

The team left Shueitou Pier on seven workboats some time after 9:00am, met with the pilot boat from Mainland at Binlang Island at 10:20am, then headed toward Xiamen Yefenzhai Beach. Then, the test swim began at 11:40.
The participants included Lai Xiaochun (32-year-old) and Ni Shenglang (46-year-old) from Taiwan, and Lin Jiayong, Liu Hexiang, Song Song (female) and Zhou Yang (female) from the Mainland. They went in the water at Yefengzhai, passed the midway point at Binlang Island, and then turned toward Little Kinmen's Shuangkou Beach. The entire distance was about 8,000 meters and the event ended at 2:10pm.

2009 July 6, 金門縣政府, “Six Swimmers Complete First Kinmen-Xiamen Test Swim”, in 邱佩蒂, editor, Kinmen Daily News, archived from the original on 2019-08-29, 英文新聞:

上午9時多從水頭碼頭，分乘7艘工作船出發前進廈門。試泳隊上午10時20分在檳榔嶼與大陸引導船會合，前往廈門椰風寨海灘，在11時40分開始試泳。
參與試游選手包括台灣選手賴曉春（32歲）、倪盛琅（46歲）等2人；大陸選手有林佳勇、劉鶴翔、宋頌（女）、周洋（女）等4人。他們從椰風寨下水，經中點檳榔嶼，再轉游向小金門的雙口海灘，全部泳程約8千公尺，全程迄下午2時10分結束。

'Swimming across the sea to Quemoy was not difficult at all,' said Li Yenhan, 22, from Tianjin , who was the first mainlander ashore. 'There were some sea currents near Binlang islet [held by Taiwan], but after that it was an easy swim.'

2009 August 15, Lawrence Chung, “Historic swim heralds warming strait relations”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-08-02:

The convergent trend of sediment transport was more evident in the tidal flats and shoals between Huangcuo and Qianpu, than between Tu Island and Binlang Island.

2022 September, Dongyi Li, Yonghang Xu, Liang Wang, Aijun Wang, Zhikun Lai, “Erosion and siltation dynamics in an urban-influenced coastal setting, Xiamen Island, China”, in Marine Geology, volume 451, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-07-27:

In its 11th year, the competition started at Xiamen’s Yefengzhai Beach and finished in Kinmen’s Lieyu Township, with a midpoint at Kinmen’s Binlang Islet, where the first swimmer in a two-person team handed off to a second swimmer.

2023 July 17, “Kinmen-Xiamen relay returns after three-year hiatus”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-18, Sports, page 7:

An island in Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.


Tortuga

From Spanish Tortuga, from tortuga (“tortoise”), from the resemblance of the outline of the island to the back of a tortoise.


Red Rock Island

A small uninhabited island in the San Francisco Bay, California, United States.


Taiping Island

Partial calque of Chinese 太平島／太平岛 (Tàipíngdǎo), named after ROCS Taiping.

partial calque

The tribunal did not formally invite the ROC to participate in the proceedings, nor did it solicit our views. The ruling impinges on the interests of the ROC and has seriously undermined our rights over the South China Sea islands and their relevant waters, especially Taiping Island, or Itu Aba, the largest naturally formed island with fresh water in the Spratly chain.

2016 July 18, Takuay Lee, “Taiwan does not accept the international tribunal’s decision”, in The Washington Post, sourced from Washington, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-10-12, Letters to the Editor:

Satellite photos by Google can be a fun way to see your house — or your neighbor’s — from high above.
But in the case of an island in the South China Sea that is claimed by four countries, sometimes those photos can be too revealing.
That is the position maintained by Taiwan, which has asked Google to blur satellite images of the disputed island — Itu Aba, also known as Taiping Island — that show what appear to be new military installations.

2016 September 23, Christopher Mele, “For Taiwan, Google Images of Disputed Island Are Too Clear”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-09-24, Asia Pacific:

An island in the South China Sea, administered as part of Cijin (Qijin), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and claimed by China, the Philippines and Vietnam.


Alexander Archipelago

A group of around 1,100 islands in North America, lying off the southeastern coast of Alaska.


Pulau Tekong

North-East Region
North-East Region#English

An island in the North-East Region, Singapore, which is currently used as a military base.


Verde Island

An island in the Philippines, administered as part of Batangas City in Batangas


Corregidor

An island in the Philippines, administered as part of Cavite City in Cavite


Bell Island

From either a bell shape or the surname Bell.

Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador#English

An island in Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

An island in the Grey Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Alexander Archipelago
Alexander Archipelago#English

Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Ketchikan Gateway Borough#English

An island in the Alexander Archipelago, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States. From the surname.

Franz Josef Land
Franz Josef Land#English

An island in Franz Josef Land, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. From a bell-shaped mountain.

An island in Tasman District, New Zealand, occupied by a wastewater treatment plant.


Diego Garcia

Named by Diego García de Moguer after himself.

Chagos Archipelago
Chagos Archipelago#English

British Indian Ocean Territory
British Indian Ocean Territory#English

An island in the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory, which will be transferred to Mauritius sovereignty, as announced in October 2024.


Belle Isle

Holonym: Belle Isle Park

An island in the Detroit River in Detroit, Michigan, United States.


Quelpaert

At night they gave us more rice to eat ; and our master, having made an observation, found we were in the island of Quelpaert, which is thirty-three degrees thirty-two minutes of latitude.

1885, William Elliot Griffis, “The Kind Corean Governor”, in Corea, Without and Within: Chapters on Corean History, Manners and Religion with Hendrick Hamel's Narrative of Captivity and Travels in Corea, Annotated, 2nd edition, Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, →OCLC, page 48:

(obsolete) Jeju, an island in South Korea.


Quelpart

The island of Quelpart lies some fifty miles off the southern coast of the Korean mainland, but only thirty from the outer edge of the line of islands that fringe the coast of the peninsula. It ism in all probability, geologically one with the range of mountains which forms the backbone of Korea, and which finally sinks beneath the waters of the sea off its southern coast.

1905, H. B. Hulbert, “The Island of Quelpart.”, in Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, volume XXXVII, number 7, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 396:

LATE in the afternoon of an August day, accompanied by my Japanese interpreter, Ichikawa, and my Korean servant, King, I boarded a little steamer in the harbor of Mokpo, bound for the remote island of Quelpart, which lies off the southern coast of Korea.

1914 April, Malcolm P. Anderson, “Forty Days in Quelpart Island”, in Overland Monthly, volume LXIII, number 4, San Francisco, →OCLC, page 392, column 1:


Quelparte

In 1898 Mr. Harrison persuaded Miss Linnie Davis to come to Chunju as Mrs. Harrison, and they took Chang Gooky as servant in the new home. Drawn nearer to the Master through Mrs. Harrison’s teaching, he expressed a desire to become a preacher of the Word, so he studied first in our Mission school, then in Pyeng Yang and is now one of our ordained Missionaries to Chayju, (Quelparte), an eloquent and effective preacher of the Gospel.

1920, Anabel Major Nisbet, “The Preparation (1892-1899)”, in Day In and Day Out in Korea: Being some account of the mission work that has been carried on in Korea since 1892 by the Presbyterian Church in the United States, Presbyterian Committee of Publications, →OCLC, page 29:


Paddyism

en-noun

Paddyism (countable and uncountable, plural Paddyisms)

Leaving aside the Paddyisms we put upon ourselves in order to sell aran jumpers and claddagh rings to Yanks, how do we define ourselves in this country? What makes a person Irish? What qualifies as “Irishness”?

2012 March 24, Alan Keane, “Irishness? What the feck is that?”, in Keane Observer (blog):


Fanø

From Danish Fanø, from the unattested noun fæn (“bog, muddy area”) (from Old Norse fen) + ø (“island”).

A small island on the North Sea coast of south-west Denmark, opposite Esbjerg.


Ulleung

The military issued an air-raid alert on Ulleung, an island off South Korea’s east coast with a population of about 9,000. The missile fell into international waters 103 miles northwest of the island.
“The siren started blaring at 8:55 a.m. and we got a message from our government computer system saying that this is ‘a real-life situation,’” not a mock drill, said Chung Young-hwan, a local official on Ulleung. “We took refuge at an underground shelter for three or four minutes before coming out again.”

2022 November 1, Choe Sang-Hun, “North Korea Launches 10 Missiles, Triggering Air-Raid Alarm in South”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-11-02, Asia Pacific:

North Gyeongsang
North Gyeongsang#English

Synonym of Ulleungdo: An island in Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.


Ginger Line

In reference to its orange colour on maps (resembling ginger hair); named as though it were one of the London Underground lines.

[…] take the Ginger Line overground from Canada Water to Penge West. So you'll be getting off the Tube, and taking the train. I know you're American, but can you remember that?

2015, Orren Merton, The Dawning of Firebird Alex:

(UK, humorous, slang) The London Overground railway network.


Lesser Sunda Islands

Maritime Southeast Asia
w:Maritime Southeast Asia

An archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia.


Greater Sunda Islands

Indonesian Archipelago
Indonesian Archipelago#English

Four tropical islands situated within the Indonesian Archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.


Lambeth Palace

The London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.


Magnetic Island

An island in the City of Townsville, northern Queensland, Australia.

Kenai Peninsula Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough#English

An island in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.


Meanguera del Golfo

Borrowed from Spanish Meanguera del Golfo.

bor+

A town and island in the La Unión department, El Salvador


Conchagüita

An island in the gulf of Fonseca, El Salvador


Woody Island

According to Japanese sources, Peking has maintained some sort of naval bases on Woody (Yung-hsing) Island and Lincoln (Tung) Island in the eastern Paracels since at least 1958. Several patrol vessels and supply ships were sighted there in mid-1971, along with shore-based radar installations; and the flotilla that clashed with the Vietnamese in 1974 numbered seven ships, including Komar-class gunboats equipped with Styx missiles.

1977, Selig S. Harrison, “Danger Zones in the South China Sea”, in China, Oil and Asia: Conflict Ahead?, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:

Initial plans call for ships to visit Woody Island, called Yongxing Island by China, though tourists would not be allowed to leave their boat.

2012 April 10, “China stakes claim to islands with "Princess Coconut" voyage”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-03-18, Business:

Recently, Professor Sam Bateman, a Senior Fellow in the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, presented another line of argument. He pointed out that China's oil rig is 120 miles from Vietnam's coast, and 80 miles from China's Woody (Yongxing) Island which is unquestionably subject to the island regime under the current UNCLOS provisions, and consequently entitled to its own EEZ and continental shelf.

2014 May 20, Gabriel Domínguez, “Beijing 'prepared to defend rights' in South China Sea”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2019-10-25, Asia:

China has reportedly deployed anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles, along with electronic jammers and other equipment, on islands it built on disputed reefs in the Spratly Islands, some of which have runways.
It also landed a bomber aircraft on Woody Island in the Paracels group, sparking alarm among rival claimants and the United States. Washington has no territorial claims in the region but has declared that freedom of navigation and overflight in the waters is in U.S. national interest.

2018 July 2, “Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2024-03-21:

In April, it created two new administrative districts to govern the islands it controls in the Paracel and Spratly chains. China’s Navy also said that it had succeeded it growing cabbage and other vegetables in the sand of Woody Island, helping to feed the growing number of troops stationed there.

2020 May 24, Steven Lee Myers, “Why China’s Move to Rein in Hong Kong is Just the Start”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-05-24, Asia Pacific:

An island of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea administered under Sansha, Hainan, China (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam).


Craigleith

A small island off the coast at North Berwick, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5587).


Manitoulin Island

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District#English

An island in Lake Huron and Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada.


Old Kent Road

The [proposed] Bakerloo extension runs from the current southern terminus at Elephant & Castle to Lewisham (Phase 1) and Hayes (Phase 2). There will be two new stations along the Old Kent Road before extending to Lewisham via New Cross Gate.

2024 March 6, “Network News: Councils: lack of investment puts Bakerloo Line at serious "risk of failure"”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 14:

A thoroughfare, part of the A2 road in the London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, which features in the game of Monopoly (OS grid ref TQ3378, TQ3477).


Hyde Park Corner

A major road junction at the south-east corner of Hyde Park, London, England; Hyde Park Corner tube station is underneath the junction. (OS grid ref TQ2879).


Nottingham white

From its supposed origin in Nottingham, England.

Synonym of French white (“an especially pure form of white lead, particularly as used in paints”)


Sirenaic

From blending of siren + Cyrenaic (“inhabitant of the proverbially luxurious city of Cyrene or its territory Cyrenaica; adherent of the hedonistic philosophy of Aristippus of Cyrene”) and from conflation of the mythical siren with the legendary mermaid.

In September 1611 the Sirenaics were among the company of wits who gathered at the Mitre Tavern to celebrate the exploits of another fearless traveller, the scribbler and buffoon Thomas Coryate...

2012, Ian Donaldson, “Life of Ben Jonson”, in Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson Online:

(historical, rare) A member of the celebrated Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen, a club that met at the Mermaid Tavern in Elizabethan London.


Triton Island

THIS was a case of salvage by the master, owners, and crew of the Blakely, against the proceeds of goods and stores saved out of the Martha, a wreck on Triton Island, in lat 15° 47' N., long, 111° 11' E..[…]
The Martha, on a voyage from Liverpool to Canton, with a very valuable cargo, was wrecked in the China Sea, about 500 miles S.S.W. of Macao, on the reef of Triton Island, only a few feet above the level of the sea—surrounded perpendicularly by coral rocks,[…]

1840, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Admiralty, volume III, pages 434-435:

TRITON ISLAND, or BANK, in lat. 15° 46ʹ N., lon. 111° 11ʹ E., by chronometers, extends in a N.W. and S.E. direction about 3 or 4 miles, according to a plan of it sent to me by Captain Brown, of the Triton ; the north part is a sandy lump, about 20 feet high, sloping down in a low point to the S. Eastward, with high breakers projecting a great way in that direction ; another reef projects from its N.W. end, and, like the preceding dangers, there are no soundings near it.
This is thought to be the southernmost and westernmost danger of the Paracels ; it bears from Pulo Canton, which is the nearest land of Cochin-China, E. by N., distant 122 miles.

1843, James Horsburgh, “The Paracels, with the Banks and Dangers in the Northern part of the China Sea”, in The India Directory, or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America: comp. Chiefly from Original Journals of the Honourable Company's Ships, and from Observations and Remarks, Resulting from the Experience of Twenty-one Years in the Navigation of those Seas, volume II, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., →OCLC, page 359:

On the 16th inst., they arrived at the Paracels, where they found the Phra Nang in the same position as before—aground on a coral reef on Triton Island, the south-western unit of the group.

1902 November 25, “The Return of the 'Phra Nang.'”, in China Mail, number 12,380, →OCLC, page 5, column 4:

Ly Son fishermen confirm they get very close, sometimes working within 10 nautical miles of the islands and reefs inside what China claims as territorial waters.
They seek shellfish and edible seaweeds in shallow water as well as fish such as tuna, mackerel and jacks further out, sometimes on trips that can take 35 days.
Significantly, they confirm not only fishing near Triton Island - the nearest to Vietnam - but also Bombay reef and Lincoln Island further east and up to North Reef, a route that passes the Chinese naval base on Woody Island.

2011 May 30, Greg Torode, “Disputed islands are prized catch”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-04-16:

The United States vessel, the missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur, entered the waters off Triton Island in the Paracel Islands chain on Saturday without giving China notice in an exercise intended to challenge “excessive maritime claims” by China and two other countries, said Mark Wright, a Pentagon spokesman. Vietnam and Taiwan also claim Triton Island, though the Navy operation appeared to be aimed at China.[…]
Triton Island, known by the Chinese as Zhongjian Island, is close to the area in the South China Sea where the China National Offshore Oil Corporation, a major energy company, moved an oil rig in 2014, resulting in a standoff between vessels of Vietnam and China, and a sharp deterioration in relations between the countries.

2016 January 30, Jane Perlez, “U.S. Challenges China’s Claim of Islands With Maritime Operation”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2016-01-30, Asia Pacific:

The USS Stethem, an American guided-missile destroyer, sailed within 12 nautical miles of Triton Island, a small landmass in the Paracel Islands chain, on Sunday, a U.S. defense official said, marking the second such operation since President Trump took office.[…]
Triton Island is claimed by China, Vietnam and Taiwan.[…]
Many of these nations have laid claim to islands in the South China Sea, some of which are no more than tiny strips of sand and reef. The last time the U.S. Navy sailed near Triton Island was in January 2016, when the USS Curtis Wilbur came within 12 miles of its shores. The Pentagon did not notify any of the island’s claimants before that operation.

2017 July 3, Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Simon Denyer, “China accuses U.S. of ‘serious provocation’ as warship sails near disputed island”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-07-03, World:

In the Paracel Islands, a new helipad, wind turbines and large radar towers have been built. The radar towers on Triton Island could be used in China's disputes with Vietnam and with the US over freedom of navigation operations, which the US Navy has used to back its perceived right to free passage in international waters.

2018 May 19, “China lands nuclear strike-capable bombers on disputed South China Sea island”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2018-05-20, News:

China appears to be constructing an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea island that is also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press.
The work on Triton island in the Paracel group mirrors construction on seven human-made islands in the Spratly group to the east which have been equipped with airstrips, docks and military systems, although it currently appears to be somewhat more modest in scale.

2023 August 16, Jon Gambrell, “China appears to be building an airstrip on a disputed South China Sea island”, in AP News, archived from the original on 2023-08-16, World News:


Port Royal Island

An island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States.


Lincoln Island

LINCOLN ISLAND, in lat. 16° 40ʹ N., lon. 112° 42ʹ E., is about 3 miles in circuit, surrounded by a reef to the distance of a mile ; it is low, covered with small brush-wood, and has a spring of excellent water near three coco-nut trees in its centre. There are 20 fathoms close to the rocks at the south and west sides, and the soundings appear to extend about 2 miles off, but the water is deep on the east side. This is the easternmost island of the Paracels.
PYRAMID ROCK, in lat. 16° 36ʹ N., lon. 112° 37ʹ E., about 6 miles to the S.W. of Lincoln Island, has no soundings close to; but the pilot said that soundings were continued in a narrow line, from the south part of Lincoln Island to the shoal seen by the ship Bombay Merchant in 1800.

1843, James Horsburgh, “The Paracels, with the Banks and Dangers in the Northern part of the China Sea”, in The India Directory, or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America: comp. Chiefly from Original Journals of the Honourable Company's Ships, and from Observations and Remarks, Resulting from the Experience of Twenty-one Years in the Navigation of those Seas, volume II, London: Wm. H. Allen and Co., →OCLC, page 358:

LINCOLN ISLAND, the S.E. point of which is in lat. 16° 39ʹ 34" N., long. 112° 44ʹ 23" E., is 1¼ mile long, N.W. and S.E., three-quarters of a mile wide, and about 20 ft. high ; it is covered with brushwood, and surrounded by a coral reef, dry at low water, which extends 1¼ mile from its S.E. point, half a mile from its North and East sides, and about a cable's length from its S.W. side. A narrow coral shoal runs off to the southward from its S.E. point, which is said by Horsburgh to extend 11 miles ; time did not admit of its being properly examined by the Rifleman, but judging from the soundings that were obtained, the dangerous part of this shoal does not appear to extend farther than 3 miles from the island. Grood anchorage can be obtained in the N.E. monsoon under its lee in 8 to 10 fathoms, coral, about half a mile from the shore. The spring of excellent water in the centre of this island, mentioned by Horsburgh, is merely a well dug by the Hainan fishermen close to a stunted cocoa-nut tree, into which the salt water filters.
PYRAMID ROCK bears S.W. ¼ W., distant 7½ miles, from the S.E. point of Lincoln Island, and 10½ miles N.W. by W. from the South end of the bank extending southwards from that island. Between Lincoln Island and the Pyramid there are depths of 27 to 31 fathoms.
H.M.S. Dido, in 1844, observed a shoal about 10 miles to the eastward of Lincoln Island. It is shown on the chart as a doubtful danger in lat. 16° 45ʹ N., long. 112° 54ʹ E.

1878, Alexander George Findlay, A Directory for the Navigation of the Indian Archipelago, China, and Japan, 2nd edition, Richard Holmes Laurie, page 643:

The Captain was extremely anxious, as the Typhoon struck him when his ship was between the Paracels and Macclesfield Bank. After the weather cleared he found himself in soundings about 20 miles South of Lincoln Island.

1912 October 16, “THE LAST TYPHOON.”, in The China Mail, number 15,485, →OCLC, page 5, column 3:

LINCOLN ISLAND
LATITUDE 16° 40ʹ N., LONGITUDE 112° 44ʹ E.
The eastern island of the Paracel group, about 2 kilometers long, with a maximum elevation of about 5 meters. It is covered with bushes and has a well in its center. Lincoln Island, according to Aso, has an area of 1,720,000 m², of which 756,000 m² are covered by phosphate.

1950, George Evelyn Hutchinson, “Guano Islands in the South China Sea, in the Seas of the East Indian Archipelago, and in the Adjacent Parts of the Indian Ocean”, in Survey of Existing Knowledge of Biogeochemistry. 3, The Biogeochemistry of Vertebrate Excretion (Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History), volume 96, →OCLC, page 280, column 1:

According to Japanese sources, Peking has maintained some sort of naval bases on Woody (Yung-hsing) Island and Lincoln (Tung) Island in the eastern Paracels since at least 1958. Several patrol vessels and supply ships were sighted there in mid-1971, along with shore-based radar installations; and the flotilla that clashed with the Vietnamese in 1974 numbered seven ships, including Komar-class gunboats equipped with Styx missiles.

1977, Selig S. Harrison, “Danger Zones in the South China Sea”, in China, Oil and Asia: Conflict Ahead?, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:

However, with the potential for oil and the presence of fish in the vicinity, jurisdiction over these resources under an EEZ or Continental Shelf claim would be valuable. Macclesfield Bank would fall within such a claim radiating from Lincoln Island in the Paracel Group.

1985, Daniel J. Dzurek, “Boundary and Resource Disputes in the South China Sea”, in Ocean Yearbook 5, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 272:

1. The U.S. side has made a full investigation of the incidents that the Chinese side brought to its attention on March 24, 1972.²
The U.S. side has verified that the ship and aircraft in question on the dates cited went within twelve nautical miles of the Paracel Islands but at no time moved closer to the Islands than three nautical miles. The ship and aircraft were conducting surveillance on an infiltration trawler engaged in carrying contraband in the vicinity of Lincoln (Tung) Island in the Paracels.
In the interest of U.S.-Chinese relations the U.S. side has issued instructions that henceforth a distance of at least twelve nautical miles should be maintained from the Paracel Islands. This is without prejudice to the U.S. positions either on the territorial sea question or the various claims to the Paracel Islands.

2006 [1972 April 3], “Message From the Government of the United States to the Government of the People's Republic of China”, in Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1972, volume XVII, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 873:

The Chinese research team first found evidence of a destructive historical wave on Lincoln Island (Hewu Island, 和五島) located in the middle of the South China Sea, in 2013.
They discovered rocks and corals that had been moved 200m from the shoreline and concluded only a major force of water could have been responsible.

2019 January 5, “Huge tsunami struck China in 1076”, in Taipei Times, sourced from AFP, HONG KONG, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-01-04, World News, page 5:

Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reported that Wednesday’s incident happened near Lincoln Island, a rock in the Paracels that is occupied by China but claimed by both China and Vietnam.[…]
Lincoln Island is roughly 25 nautical miles southeast of Woody Island, China’s largest military base in the Paracels and one of China’s main administrative centers in the South China Sea.

2020 June 12, Drake Long, “China Rams Vietnamese Fishing Vessel Near Paracel Islands”, in Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 2020-06-13:

Ma, who did not give his full name, said he filmed Liaoning's operational drills on the morning and afternoon of April 16 before his trawler left the Paracel Islands ahead of a planned live-fire exercise the next day.
"All the fishing vessels in the area left on the evening of April 16," he said, adding that he lost signal on his phone after the Chinese military shut down the cell towers on Lincoln Island, which he referenced with the Chinese name "Dong Dao."

2021 April 21, John Feng, “U.S. Navy Warship Shadows China Aircraft Carrier in Video”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on 2021-04-21:


Papa Westray

An island in the north of Orkney Islands council area, Scotland, approximately six kilometres long.


Brownsea

The largest of the islands in Poole Harbour in the county of Dorset, England.


Parliamentary

Alternative letter-case form of parliamentary, typically in reference to a specific parliament, usually that of England or the United Kingdom.


Tree Island

The Paracel Islands stretch 105-nm from northeastern Tree Island to southwestern Triton Island and 100-nm from northwestern North Reef to southeastern Herald Bank.

2014 June, Clarence J. Bouchat, “Introduction”, in The Paracel Islands and U.S. Interests and Approaches in the South China Sea, Carlisle, PA: United States Army War College Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 3:

The pictures, provided by private satellite firm Planet Labs, follow reports in January showing work undertaken on nearby Tree Island (Jhaoshu Island, 趙述島) and other features in the Paracels, which are also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam.

2017 March 16, “China begins new construction work in Paracel Islands”, in Taipei Times, sourced from Reuters, HONG KONG, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-03-15, Front Page, page 1:

Smaller-scale work had continued in the Paracel Islands, including a new helipad and wind turbines on Tree Island and two large radar towers on Triton Island.

2017 December 15, David Brunnstrom, Sue-Lin Wong, “While focus is on North Korea, China continues South China Sea buildup: think tank”, in James Dalgleish, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 2024-05-02, World:

Zhaoshu Island (ZSI) is one of the main coral reef islands of the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea. Its geographical coordinates are 16°59′N, 112°16′E, and an area of about 0.22 km2. It is formed by the accumulation of white coral skeletal and shell sands on a reef platform, and is about 4.4 m above sea level. There are lots of hard disk phosphorous lime soil on the island, and the vegetation is mostly Scaevola sericea.

2021, Ming Chen, Fenzhen Su, Fei Cheng, Yu Zhang, Xuege Wang, “Development of a comprehensive assessment model for coral reef island carrying capacity(CORE-CC)”, in Scientific Reports, volume 11, number 3917, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-11-18:


Quemenes

From French Quémènès, from Breton Kemenez, from enez (“island”).

An island in Molene Archipelago, Finistere Department, Brittany, France.


Epstein Island

Named after American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (1953–2019).

named-after

United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands

(informal) Little Saint James, a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands that was owned by American child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein between 1998 and 2019.


South Rock

South Rock (canonical)
the South Rock (canonical)

Miscellaneous Islands
South Rock (15°07'N., 117°49'E.) is part of the Scarborough Shoal, which is situated on a seamount in the South China Basin. There are no known specific claims to South Rock or any of the small rocks on the Shoal; however, the Shoal would be included in the sweeping claims the Chinese have made to the South China Sea.[…]
South Rock (area A) has not been specifically claimed by anyone, except that it is included within the area encompassing the claim of both the PRC and ROC to the islets in the South China Sea. However, because of proximity the Philippines may have at least a "paper claim" to the Rock. Again there is the issue of whether or not such a small rock should be assigned anything more than a territorial sea, or whether the Rock should be removed from any consideration as a basepoint.[…]
ISLETS OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
The list includes only those features that are high-tide elevations.[…]
MACCLESFIELD BANK / Chung-sha Ch'un-Tao / Middle Sand Islands / 15°50'N., 114°20'E.
SCARBOROUGH SHOAL / Min-chu Chiao / / 15°08'N., 117°45'E.
South Rock / / / 15°06'N., 117°46'E.

1971 September 14, RDHodgson, TVMcIntyre, South China Sea: Up for Grabs, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, published 2012, archived from the original on 2024-05-12, pages 5–6, 15, 17:

Scarborough Reef (Huangyan Island in Chinese) is located within the geographic coordinates of 15°08’ to 15°14’N and 117°44’ to 117°48’E. It is triangular-shaped with a circumference of 46km. The total area of the feature including the inner lagoon is 150sq km. There are several rocks on the reef, the biggest of which is South Rock (Nanyan). This feature is apparently above water at high tide (1.8m high), and situated at the southeastern extremity of the reef. Near the north of South Rock there is a channel, approximately two cables wide (370m), with depths of five to six fathoms, leading into the lagoon. In addition, North Rock (Beiyan) and several other tiny above-water coral rocks are also situated on the reef. Thus Scarborough Reef is actually a large atoll including South Rock and North Rock. According to a Chinese authority on the South China Sea, the reef is also the biggest atoll in the South China Sea.¹ It lies approximately 170nm east of Macclesfield Bank, and approximately 115nm off Zambales province on the western side of Luzon Island.

2005, Zou Keyuan, “Dispute over the Scarborough Reef”, in Law of the Sea in East Asia: Issues and prospects, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 61:

In the late 1970s, China organized many scientific expeditions in the shoal and around that area. In fact, in 1980, a stone marker reading "South China Sea Scientific Expedition" was installed by China on the South Rock. This Chinese marker was removed, without authority, by the Philippines in 1997.

2012 May 10, Victor N. Arches II, “Huangyan Island does belong to China”, in China Internet Information Center, sourced from Manila Standard Today, archived from the original on 2012-05-10, Editor's Pick:

The British Admiralty sailing directions, for example, indicate that Scarborough Reef is “steep-to on all sides and consists of a narrow belt of coral enclosing a lagoon of clear blue water” and that South Rock, at 3 meters high, is the “tallest rock” located at the southeast extremity of the reef. United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, China Sea Pilot, Vol. 2, 9th ed., Admiralty Sailing Directions, (UKHO, Taunton, 2010), 74.

2013, Lowell Bautista, Clive Schofield, “Philippine-China Border Relations: Cautious Engagement Amid Tensions”, in Beijing's Power and China's Borders: Twenty Neighbors in Asia, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 248:

The Philippine navy began to monitor and harass the International Amateur Radio Expedition to the Huangyan Island (April 30 – May 3, 1997), organized by the Chinese Radio Sports Association, and then removed the Chinese stone marker reading “the Huangyan Island,” installed by China on the South Rock in March 1990; Congressmen Roque Ablan and Jose Yap erected a Philippine flag on the Island on May 17; Philippine President Fidel Ramos said on May 21 that the Huangyan Island “is within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines,” and the Philippines had the right to exploit and develop its resources.

2013, Ran Guo, “Legal Basis of China’s Claim over the Huangyan Island”, in Journal of East Asia & International Law, volume 6, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2018-07-23, page 549:

Scarborough Shoal is a triangular-shaped chain of reefs, rocks, and small islands about 115 nautical miles off the Philippines’ Zambales Province on the western side of Luzon Island and well within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone. Barely thirty-four miles in circumference, the shoal covers an area of about sixty square miles while only one of its land features, South Rock, is above water at high tide.

2015, Peter Navarro, “A Hungry Cow's Tongue in the South China Sea”, in Crouching Tiger: What China's Militarism Means for the World, Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 142:

The North Rock on the northwest end and the South Rock on the southeast end have a surface area of approximately 10 sq. meters. They are respectively 1.5 meters and 1.8 meters above sea level. The water depth within the lagoon is 10 meters – 20 meters. The east side of South Rock has a 400-meter wide waterway, and boats can come in from the open seas to anchor.

2016 July 12, PCA Case No. 2013-19 in the matter of the South China Sea arbitration before an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea between The Republic of the Philippines and the People's Republic of China : award, sourced from Navigation Guarantee Department of the Chinese Navy Headquarters, China Sailing Directions: South China Sea (A103), p. 172 (2011) (Annex 232(bis))., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-01-29, page 143:

The MCS 3001 (replacing the MCS 3006) was now 1.6 nm northeast of South Rock still within the lagoon.

2017, Michael Green, Kathleen Hicks, Zack Cooper, John Schaus, Jake Douglas, “Case Studies of Maritime Coercion”, in Countering Coercion in Maritime Asia: The Theory and Practice of Grazy Zone Deterrence, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 114:

Huangyan Dao (Scarborough Shoal), also known as Minzhu Jiao (Democracy Reef), is located about 160 nautical miles southeast of the Zhongsha Islands between latitude 15°08'N and 15°14'N and longitude 117°44'E and 117°48'E. In 1748, an English ship named Scarborough grounded here, so the Westerners named it Scarborough Reef. The edge of the island is steep and formed by a narrow reef belt enclosing a lagoon. Rocks scatter on the island, standing about 0.3 to 1.5 meters high. Among them, South Rock is the highest, lying on the southeast extremity of the island. To the north of South Rock runs a channel about 400 meters wide with general depths of 9.1 to 11 meters leading into the lagoon. The channel is encumbered with reef patches, leaving the entrance quite shallow, with a depth of [a] mere 2.7 meters.

2021, Jinming Li, “Geographical overview of China's maritime boundaries in the South China Sea”, in Liao Jing, Fu Rongbao, transl., China's Maritime Boundaries in the South China Sea: Historical and International Law Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:

What's so special about Scarborough Shoal?
The reefs that measure about 10 miles in width features scattered rocks and a lagoon at the center. Its most visible elevation is called South Rock.

2023 October 4, Marvie Basilan, “Scarborough Shoal: The Strategic Reef At The Center Of China-Philippine Tensions”, in International Business Times, archived from the original on 2023-10-05, World:

Scarborough Shoal
Scarborough Shoal#English

A rock on Scarborough Shoal, in the South China Sea.


Sherbro

A Southern Bullom language spoken by the Sherbro.


Nestryha

The latest stunning move by the Ukrainian forces was the liberation of the island of Nestryga. Nestryga is one of the largest islands in the delta of the Dnipro River, southwest of Kherson City, and plays an important tactical role due to its location.

2024 May 14th, “Reporting from Ukraine” (channel name), 13 May: Clever. Ukrainians Undermine Russian Kharkiv Offensive by Striking in Kherson, via YouTube, 0:13–0:29:

Overall, Ukrainian forces managed to catch the Russians by surprise and liberated the island of Nestryga to gain an important tactical position which secured their shore, but also allowed them to stretch Russian forces on the other side.

A river island in the Dnieper Delta, beginning at the bifurcation of the Rvach from the Dnieper and ending at the confluence of their respective distributaries, the Vilkhova and the Domakha.

Нестри́га

island in the Dnieper Delta, bounded by the Rivers Rvach, Dnieper, Vilkhova, and Domakha


Parsons Island

An island of the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.


Dagelet

Borrowed from French Dagelet; named for French astronomer, clockmaker and mathematician Joseph Lepaute Dagelet.

(obsolete) Synonym of Ulleungdo: An island in Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea


Jukdo

An island in Ulleung, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.


Three Kings Islands

Named in reference to the Magi, as the islands were discovered around the time of Epiphany.

A group of 13 uninhabited islands about 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of Cape Reinga/Te Rerenga Wairua, New Zealand, where the South Pacific Ocean and Tasman Sea converge. The largest is Great Island.


Star Island

Rockingham County
Rockingham County#English

An island, one of the Isles of Shoals, in the town of Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.


Dachen

The drills are near the Dachen islands, which Taiwan controlled until 1955 until being evacuated after other nearby islands were seized by Chinese forces in a bloody battle.
Taiwan still controls the Matsu and Kinmen islands, off the coast of China's Fujian province, held since the defeated Republic of China government fled to Taipei after losing a civil war with Mao Zedong's communists

2023 June 13, Ryan Woo, Albee Zhang, Ben Blanchard, “China holds live-fire drills in East China Sea north of Taiwan”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters, sourced from BEIJING (Reuters), archived from the original on 2023-06-13, Asia Pacific:

A group of islands in Jiaojiang district, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.


Haulbowline Island

Haulbowline Island lies in Cork Harbour, opposite Cobh. As its unusual and picturesque name suggests, it is a naval base, and until Southern Ireland achieved self-government in 1921, it was occupied by the British Admiralty.

1952 May, “Notes and News: Haulbowline Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 351:

An island in Cork Harbour, south of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland, used as a naval base (Irish grid ref W 7965).


Great Island

An island in Cork Harbour, County Cork, Ireland, where the town of Cobh is located.

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands#English

An island in Falkland Sound, Falkland Islands.

An island in Chalky Inlet, Fiordland, New Zealand.


Île de la Cité

An island in Paris, France, site of the Notre-Dame cathedral and previously many important government buildings.


Bardsey Island

An island off the Lleyn Peninsula, included in Aberdaron community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH1121).


English whisky

en-noun

English whisky (plural English whiskies)

English whisky (whiskey) is a liquor made from cereal grains, malt and water. This includes malt whisky and grain whisky.


Spratly Island

An island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, administered as part of Truong Sa, Khánh Hoà, Vietnam, and claimed by China, the Philippines and Taiwan.


Thitu Island

An island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, administered as part of Kalayaan, Palawan, the Philippines, and claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam.


Fiery Cross Reef

Dr. Collingwood, in his "Rambles of a Naturalist," describes a scene of marvellous submarine beauty in the China seas. He speaks of Fiery Cross Reef on a day when the sea was so calm that the ship’s anchor could be distinctly seen sixty or seventy feet from the surface. Rowing over a two-fathom patch, he allowed the boat to drift slowly, and gazed on the sea treasures beneath him.

1871, William Jones, “Submarine Scenery”, in The Broad, Broad Ocean and Some of Its Inhabitants, London: Frederick Warne and Co., page 182:

Fiery Cross Reef is about 14 nmi long. U.S. Defense Mapping Agency charts indicate that it is submerged at high tide in its natural state,⁴⁷ but other sources claim it has one rock at its southwest end that is about the size of a table and is 0.6 meter above water at high tide.⁴⁸ This reef has been converted into an artificial island and now contains a supply base, a helipad, a 300-meter pier capable of handling 4,000-ton ships, and an ultra-modern oceanographic observation station that can receive and transmit messages through satellites and provide vital meteorological data to passing aircraft and ships.⁴⁹

1997, Mark J. Valencia, Jon M. Van Dyke, Noel A. Ludwig, “Analyzing the South China Sea Claims Under International Law”, in Sharing the Resources of the South China Sea, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, published 1999, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, International Law, page 22:

China's landing of an aircraft at Fiery Cross Reef has already drawn criticism from its neighbors, among them Vietnam, which said China's move violated Hanoi's sovereignty. The Philippines, a US ally, said Monday it was also considering a formal protest.

2016 January 5, “Beijing sea flight test on disputed island draws rebukes from US, neighbors”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 2016-01-05, China:

Sansha City has two districts, both created in April 2020.²¹² The Xisha District (西沙区) People’s Government is based on Woody Island and has jurisdiction over the Paracel Islands and Zhongsha Islands.²¹³ The Nansha District (南沙区) People’s Government is based on Fiery Cross Reef and has jurisdiction over the Spratly Islands.²¹⁴ Each district assumably has a district party committee as well.²¹⁵ Though publicly available information on these new districts is scarce, the establishment of Xisha District and Nansha District will likely improve Sansha’s administrative capacity and expand localized policymaking.²¹⁶

2021 January, Zoe Haver, “China Maritime Report No. 12: Sansha City in China's South China Sea Strategy: Building a System of Administrative Control”, in CMSI China Maritime Reports, number 12, China Maritime Studies Institute [中国海事研究所], →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-01-05, page 29:

A reef and artificial island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, administered as part of Sansha, Hainan, China, and claimed by the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam.


Manuae Island

An island in the Cook Islands, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, of the Cook Islands.


Ewellian

A pupil or alumnus of Ewell Castle School.


St Michael's Mount

A small island and civil parish (without a council), with a small village and castle, accessible on foot at low tide by a causeway from Marazion on the mainland of Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW5129).


Scolt Head Island

King's Lynn and West Norfolk
King's Lynn and West Norfolk#English

An island in Burnham Norton civil parish, King's Lynn and West Norfolk borough, Norfolk, England


Hochelaga Archipelago

Saint Lawrence River
Saint Lawrence River

a cluster of islands located at the confluence of the Ottawa and Saint Lawrence Rivers.


Amager

An island in the Øresund strait, the most densely populated island of Denmark, much of the northern part of which is occupied by the Danish capital, Copenhagen.


Brigadoonery

An unrealistic, romanticized view of Scotland and its culture, based on stereotypes.


Pulau Brani

Borrowed from Malay Pulau Brani (literally “Isle of the Brave”).

bor+

Pulau Brani (an island in the Central Region, Singapore)


Lazarus Island

An island in the Central Region, Singapore.


Kingstonian

The character of the inhabitants during this long period seems, on their own shewing, to have been far from reputable; every vice and every species of immorality appears to have been practised more or less openly, and it was not till the present century that any great or marked improvement took place in the intelligence or prosperity of the Kingstonians.

1852, W. G. Biden, editor, The History and Antiquities of the Ancient and Royal Town of Kingston-upon-Thames, page 32:

[...] we shall turn to the east and finish the purlieus of Hampton with a glance at the old Saxon town of Kingston-on-Thames. Probably an ardent Kingstonian would indignantly disown the impression our three words are apt to give of the place.

1876, “Up The Thames”, in Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, volume XVII, number 97, page 33:

Kingstonians blessed or cursed with a nagging wife just complained to the Bailiffs who had her placed in the ducking stool and forcibly immersed in the river.

1938, G. Herbert Shaw, A Survey of the Royal Borough and Its Amenities, page 15:

The churchyard is therefore still the final resting place of Kingstonians, as is the Memorial Garden, which was once the church 'overflow' burial ground.

2014, Julian McCarthy, Secret Kingston Upon Thames, →ISBN:

Kingston upon Thames
Kingston upon Thames

A native or resident of Kingston upon Thames, England.


Hainam

From Hainanese 海南 (Hái-nâm). Doublet of Hainan and Hailam.

An island off the coast of southern China.


Hailam

From either or both Hokkien 海南 (Hái-lâm) or Hainanese 海南. Doublet of Hainan and Hainam.


Grosse Ile

An island and township in Wayne County, in the Detroit River, Michigan, United States.


Sugar Island

Thousand Islands
Thousand Islands#English

St. Lawrence River
St. Lawrence River#English

United Counties of Leeds and Grenville#English

An island in the Thousand Islands region, St. Lawrence River, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

Piscataquis County
Piscataquis County#English

An island or other place in the United States:

An island in Moosehead Lake, Piscataquis County, Maine.

A township and island in the St. Marys River in Chippewa County, Michigan.

An island in the Detroit River in Grosse Ile Township, Wayne County, Michigan.

An island in Lake Erie, Ottawa County, Ohio.


Commonwealth of England

(historical) The British state when Great Britain and Ireland were a republic prior to rule by Oliver Cromwell.

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland


Cuyo

An island in Palawan, Mimaropa, Philippines.


Bongland

(slang, derogatory, 4chan) Great Britain or the United Kingdom.


Cramond Island

A tidal island in Edinburgh council area, Scotland, linked to the mainland at Cramond by a causeway at low tide (OS grid ref NT1978).