Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

these islands

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: the-se is-lands
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The archipelago in the North Atlantic comprising Great Britain, Ireland and surrounding islands.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see these, islands.

Example Sentences

"Since the Lions only play outside the British Isles or these islands, the opportunity for Irish nationalists to insist that the former description should not be used has not been taken."
"In all documents jointly drawn up by the British and Irish governments, the archipelago is simply referred to as "these islands.""
"The west coast from Kerry north to Donegal has high cliffs interspersed with sandy beaches and one major estuary, that of the Shannon, the largest river in these islands."
"Same-sex marriage proposals have been greenlit in Jersey and Guernsey - meaning that Northern Ireland is the only remaining part of these islands where marriage equality continues to be blocked."

Etymology

Circumlocution to avoid the word British in the phrase British Isles.

Synonyms

Anglo-Celtic Isles British Isles British and Irish Isles Islands of the North Atlantic

Questions

What does these islands mean?: The archipelago in the North Atlantic comprising Great Britain, Ireland and surrounding islands.
Where does these islands come from?: Circumlocution to avoid the word British in the phrase British Isles.

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