as in island
a fairly small area of land completely surrounded by water
landed the boat on a tiny islet that we had all to ourselves
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Earlier Thursday, the typhoon’s eye blew about 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of the northernmost Philippine province of Batanes, a cluster of islands and islets of about 19,000 people.
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Associated Press, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
In December of that year, the republican government fled to Taiwan and in the following years and months would lose a string of other islands and islets to communist forces.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
As a result Provo and its neighboring islets are growing, with new districts of multi-million-dollar for-sale villas, splashy rentals and new five-star guest rooms.
—Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
While the book is fiction, it’s drawn from Jansson’s many summers spent on the rocky, outer-archipelago islet of Klovharu with her niece, in a modest cottage the author built with her brother in 1964.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
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Associated Press, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
In December of that year, the republican government fled to Taiwan and in the following years and months would lose a string of other islands and islets to communist forces.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2024
As a result Provo and its neighboring islets are growing, with new districts of multi-million-dollar for-sale villas, splashy rentals and new five-star guest rooms.
—Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
While the book is fiction, it’s drawn from Jansson’s many summers spent on the rocky, outer-archipelago islet of Klovharu with her niece, in a modest cottage the author built with her brother in 1964.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Islet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/islet. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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