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a piece of land that decided crowds were optional and views were mandatory.
means A piece of land completely surrounded by water, whether a tiny speck in the sea or something the size of Greenland.
from From Old English 'igland' — literally 'island-land,' since the old word 'ig' (or 'ieg') already meant island, making the whole thing a charming redundancy. The sneaky 's' is an impostor: it was glued in around the 1500s by writers who wrongly assumed the word was related to the French-derived 'isle' (from Latin 'insula'). It never was. So that silent 's' you write but never say is a centuries-old spelling mistake that simply refused to leave.
new arrivalsVolcanoes still birth fresh islands from the seafloor.
dwarf ruleIsolated islands shrink elephants, grow rats absurdly large.
most remoteBouvet Island sits 1,000 miles from anything else.
sinking nowRising seas may erase entire island nations.
name originFrom Old English igland, meaning watery land.