islands in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for islands in the English»French Dictionary

Balearic Islands [Brit ˌbalɪˈarɪk ˌʌɪləndz, bəˈlɪərɪk ˌʌɪləndz, Am bæliˌɛrɪk ˈaɪləndz]

Cayman Islands [Brit ˈkeɪmən ˌʌɪləndz, Am ˌkeɪmən ˈaɪləndz] pl

islands in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for islands in the English»French Dictionary

Samoa Islands [səˈməʊə, Am -moʊ-] N pl

Cayman Islands [ˈkeɪmənˌaɪləndz] N

Solomon Islands [ˈsɒləmənˌaɪləndz, Am ˈsɑ:lə-] N

islands Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the Falkland Islands
Wallis and Futuna Islands
the Balearic Islands
the Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
the Bahamas [or Bahama Islands]
American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The beautiful, unpolluted beaches on small coral islands, blue waters and sunsets attract tourists worldwide, bringing in about $325 million a year.
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It ebbs and flows with tides that pass through the barrier islands and up the channel.
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The site is hampered by the presence of offshore islands and reefs which block a significant fraction of the wave energy before reaching the site.
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The uplift of these islands is the result of the movement of oceanic tectonic plates.
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There are some narrow islands on the northern side of its reef with a total land area of about 3 km.
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Later that day, the gale warnings were expanded southward to include islands north of Dominica.
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However, morphology varies among subspecies and between islands.
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He is master of the seas that are closer to shore, coastlines, islands and waves and likes to stir up storms.
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They often form loose colonies on the windward sides of the islands.
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Unlucky people usually can not buy tropical islands.
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