island
要点島
意味
- 島
- 島に似たもの;(街路上の)安全地帯(《米》safety island,《英》traffic island)
例文
Once there lived an old woman on a small island.
昔、小さな島に老婆が住んでいました。
Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena.
ナポレオンはセントヘレナ島へ流された。
We took a ferry from the island to the mainland.
我々は島から本土へフェリーで渡った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From earlier iland, from Middle English iland, yland, ylond, from Old English īeġland, from Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland, from Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą (from Proto-Germanic *awjō (“island, waterland, meadow”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂) + *landą (“land”), equivalent to ey + land. Doublet of Öland. Cognate with Scots island, iland, yland (“island”), West Frisian eilân (“island”), Saterland Frisian Ailound (“island”), Dutch eiland (“island”), Low German Eiland (“island”), German Eiland (“island”), Swedish ö (“island”), Öland (“Sweden's second largest island”), Danish ø (“island”), Norwegian øy (“island”), øyland (“large island”), Icelandic eyland (“island”).