Island (disambiguation)

An island is a land mass entirely surrounded by water.

Island or Islands may also refer to:

In geography

* Island, Belfast, an electoral ward
* Island, Kentucky, a city in the United States
* Island, Yonne, a commune of the Yonne "département" in France
* The Islands, a defunct provincial electoral district in British Columbia once part of "Nanaimo and the Islands" and now part of "Saanich North and the Islands"
* Island County, Washington
* "Ísland" (Or Island), the spelling of Iceland in Icelandic, Danish, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Estonian, Serbian, Croatian and (almost) in Portuguese

In Radio

* "The Island" is a tropical rock radio station in Chicago - WLRA, listen to it here [http://www.lewisu.edu/wlra The Island]

In film

* "The Island" (1960 film), title in USA of Japanese film "The Naked Island" ("Hadaka no shima")
* "The Island" (1979 film), an Argentine film directed by Alejandro Doria
* "The Island" (1980 film), a film directed by Michael Ritchie
* "The Island" (1998 film), a.k.a. "Norma Jean, Jack and Me", a film portraying John F. Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe
* "The Island" (2005 film), a science-fiction film directed by Michael Bay with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson
* "The Island" (2006 film) (Russian: "Остров"), a film on religious themes directed by Pavel Lungin

In television

* The Island (Lost), the island of the show "Lost", a character unto itself
* , the 16th season of the Real World/Road Rules Challenge.

In literature

* "Island" (novel), a 1962 novel by Aldous Huxley
* "The Island", a 1964 novel by Robert Merle
* "The Island" (play), a 1973 play by Athol Fugard, John Kani, and Winston Ntshona
* "Islands" (1976 novel), a novel by Marta Randall
* "The Island" (1979 novel), a novel by Peter Benchley
* "Island" (1987 novel), a novel by Thomas Perry
* "The Island" (1988 novel), a novel by Gary Paulsen
* "Island" (1991 novel), a horror novel by Richard Laymon
* "Island" (manhwa), a Korean comic series by Youn In-wan and Yang Kyung-il
* "Island" (2000 book), a collection of short stories by Alistair MacLeod
* "Island" (2001 novel), a novel by Gordon Korman
* "Islands" (2004 novel), translated from the Afrikaans novel, "Eilande" about the first 50 years of Dutch settlement at The Cape by South African historian Dan Sleigh
* "The Island" (2005 novel), a novel by Victoria Hislop
* "Island" (formerly "Island Magazine"), a Tasmanian literary journal

In music

* "Island" (David Arkenstone album), a 1989 music album by David Arkenstone and Andrew White
* "Islands" (Kajagoogoo album), a 1984 music album by Kajagoogoo
** "Islands", the title track to the album by Kajagoogoo
* "Islands" (King Crimson album), a 1971 music album by King Crimson
**"Islands", the title track to the album by King Crimson
* "Islands" (The Band album), a 1977 music album by The Band
* "Islands" (Mike Oldfield album), a 1987 music album by Mike Oldfield
** "Islands" (Mike Oldfield song), the title track and single from the Mike Oldfield album
* "Islands", a song by Cat Power from her 2006 album "The Greatest"
* "The Island", a ballad on the album "The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists
* "Island" (The Starting Line song), the first single from the album "Direction" by The Starting Line
* Islands (band), an indie rock band from Canada, including former members of The Unicorns
* "Islands", a track from the Oingo Boingo album Nothing to Fear.

Other uses

* "Island" Electronic Communication Network, now known as Inet
* "Island", a term in linguistics, as for example in "extraction islands"
* "The island", the command and control area of an aircraft carrier
* "Island", a traffic-free part of a road such as a traffic island dividing lanes or a refuge island for pedestrians
* "Island", an area surrounded by another area of contrasting type, such as:
** ecological island, a micro-habitat within a larger differing ecosystem
** Islands of Langerhans, the endocrine-producing formations in the pancreas

* HMNB, Her Majesty's Naval Base Portsmouth (see "The Navy Lark")
* Islands (restaurant), a casual dining restaurant chain.
* "Island" - a piece of furniture found in many kitchens, similar to a sideboard

See also

* Ireland
* List of islands
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