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thousand islands

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
thou-sand is-lands
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago of more than 1800 islands and islets on the upper Saint Lawrence River between Ontario, Canada, and New York State, USA, starting near its head at Lake Ontario and extending downriver.

Inflected Forms

the Thousand Islands (canonical, plural) Thousand Island (attributive)

Phrases

Leeds and the Thousand Islands Thousand Island dressing

Questions

What does thousand islands mean?
An archipelago of more than 1800 islands and islets on the upper Saint Lawrence River between Ontario, Canada, and New York State, USA, starting near its head at Lake Ontario and extending downriver.

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