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islandwide

adj

Etymology

From island + -wide.

  1. derived from *h₂ekʷeh₂✻
  2. derived from *awjō✻ — “island, waterland, meadow”
  3. inherited from *awjōlandą✻
  4. inherited from *auwjuland✻
  5. inherited from īeġland
  6. inherited from iland
  7. suffixed as islandwide — “island + wide”

Definitions

  1. Extending throughout an island.

    • Mr. Obama's determined effort to remain out of power for now extended to Oahu's islandwide loss of electricity last Friday and Saturday.

  2. Throughout an island.

    • The bakery added bread and delivered it islandwide.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA