It is usually the islander who sees the mainland most clearly.
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Islander
//ˈaɪləndə//
Synonyms for "islander" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
Noun(2 words)
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4 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
98 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νησιώτης noun (person who lives on an island)
Arabic
2 entries- جَزَرِيَّة noun (person who lives on an island)
- جَزَرِيّ noun (person who lives on an island)
Armenian
1 entries- կղզիաբնակ noun (person who lives on an island)
Belarusian
2 entries- астраўля́нка noun (person who lives on an island)
- астраўля́нін noun (person who lives on an island)
Breton
2 entries- enezad noun (person who lives on an island)
- enezour noun (person who lives on an island)
Catalan
2 entries- illenc noun (person who lives on an island)
- illenca noun (person who lives on an island)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 島上居民 /岛上居民 noun (person who lives on an island)
- 島民 /岛民 noun (person who lives on an island)
Czech
2 entries- ostrovan noun (person who lives on an island)
- ostrovanka noun (person who lives on an island)
Danish
2 entries- øbo noun (person who lives on an island)
- øboer noun (person who lives on an island)
Dutch
4 entries- eilandbewoner noun (person who lives on an island)
- eilandbewoonster noun (person who lives on an island)
- eilander noun (person who lives on an island)
- eilandster noun (person who lives on an island)
Esperanto
2 entries- insulanino noun (person who lives on an island)
- insulano noun (person who lives on an island)
Estonian
1 entries- saarlane noun (person who lives on an island)
Faroese
2 entries- oyggjarbúgvi noun (person who lives on an island)
- oyggjarskeggi noun (person who lives on an island)
Finnish
2 entries- saarelainen noun (person who lives on an island)
- saaristolainen noun (person who lives on an island)
French
4 entries- habitant d'une île noun (person who lives on an island)
- habitant de l'île noun (person who lives on an island)
- habitante d'une île noun (person who lives on an island)
- habitante de l'île noun (person who lives on an island)
Galician
1 entries- insular noun (person who lives on an island)
Georgian
3 entries- კუნძულელი noun (person who lives on an island)
- კუნძულის მკვიდრი noun (person who lives on an island)
- კუნძულის მცხოვრები noun (person who lives on an island)
German
4 entries- Inselbewohner noun (person who lives on an island)
- Inselbewohnerin noun (person who lives on an island)
- Insulaner noun (person who lives on an island)
- Insulanerin noun (person who lives on an island)
Greek
2 entries- νησιώτης noun (person who lives on an island)
- νησιώτισσα noun (person who lives on an island)
Icelandic
4 entries- eybyggi noun (person who lives on an island)
- eybúi noun (person who lives on an island)
- eyjarmaður noun (person who lives on an island)
- eyjarskeggi noun (person who lives on an island)
Ido
3 entries- insulanino noun (person who lives on an island)
- insulano noun (person who lives on an island)
- insulanulo noun (person who lives on an island)
Ingrian
1 entries- saarelain noun (person who lives on an island)
Irish
1 entries- oileánach noun (person who lives on an island)
Italian
2 entries- isolana noun (person who lives on an island)
- isolano noun (person who lives on an island)
Japanese
1 entries- 島民 noun (person who lives on an island)
Ladino
2 entries- adaliya noun (person who lives on an island)
- adalí noun (person who lives on an island)
Latin
1 entries- insulānus noun (person who lives on an island)
Macedonian
2 entries- оствовјанка noun (person who lives on an island)
- островјанин noun (person who lives on an island)
Navajo
1 entries- táłkááʼ kéyah dineʼé noun (person who lives on an island)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- øyboer noun (person who lives on an island)
- øybu noun (person who lives on an island)
- øybuer noun (person who lives on an island)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- øybu noun (person who lives on an island)
- øybuar noun (person who lives on an island)
Pijin
1 entries- aelanda noun (person who lives on an island)
Polish
2 entries- wyspiarka noun (person who lives on an island)
- wyspiarz noun (person who lives on an island)
Portuguese
2 entries- ilhoa noun (person who lives on an island)
- ilhéu noun (person who lives on an island)
Russian
2 entries- островитя́нин noun (person who lives on an island)
- островитя́нка noun (person who lives on an island)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- eileanach noun (person who lives on an island)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- ostrvljanin noun (person who lives on an island)
- ostrvljanka noun (person who lives on an island)
- otočanin noun (person who lives on an island)
- otočanka noun (person who lives on an island)
Slovak
2 entries- ostrovan noun (person who lives on an island)
- ostrovanka noun (person who lives on an island)
Spanish
3 entries- insulano noun (person who lives on an island)
- isleña noun (person who lives on an island)
- isleño noun (person who lives on an island)
Swedish
1 entries- öbo noun (person who lives on an island)
Turkish
1 entries- adalı noun (person who lives on an island)
Ukrainian
4 entries- остров'я́нин noun (person who lives on an island)
- остров'я́нка noun (person who lives on an island)
- острів'я́нин noun (person who lives on an island)
- острів'я́нка noun (person who lives on an island)
Volapük
3 entries- hinisulan noun (person who lives on an island)
- jinisulan noun (person who lives on an island)
- nisulan noun (person who lives on an island)
Welsh
1 entries- ynyswr noun (person who lives on an island)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tagalog has artistic value, like a carved Pacific Islander statue, Mr. and Mrs. Matsuo opine.
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I'm an islander.
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Across the NCAA's three divisions, 2% of student athletes identified as Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander.
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