Sable Island
English
proper-noun
Definitions
- (island in Nova Scotia). A small island and sand bar of Canada in the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in its jurisdiction.
- a breed of feral horse found on the island
Etymology
Compound from French sable (sand) + English island derived from French Île de Sable (Isle of Sand).
Origin
French
Île de Sable
Gloss
Isle of Sand
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hong Kong Island English
- Queen Elizabeth Islands English
- Wallops Island English
- ey English
- ghost island English
- half-island English
- interisland English
- intraisland English
- island English
- islander English
- islandful English
- islandic English
- islandish English
- islandly English
- islandness English
- islandwide English
- islandy English
- land English
- microisland English
- nanoisland English
- paleoisland English
- sablum Latin
- sabulum Latin
- sable French
- sableux French
- sablier French
- Île de Sable French
- アイランド Japanese
- iland Middle English
- sablo Esperanto
- sable Asturian
- ailan Tok Pisin
- sab Haitian, Haitian Creole
- disab Mauritian Creole
- disab Seychellois Creole
- aelan Pijin
- ailan Torres Strait Creole