iland

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Definition of iland

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noun

(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of island.

“No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]”
“This vast iland seems to have been first peopled by Fins and Laplanders, whom Ihre thinks the first inhabitants of the whole.”
“[…] and there came against him king Marsill, that had in gift an iland of sir Galahalt the haute prince, and this iland had the name Pomitaine.”

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noun

(alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of island.

“No man is an Iland, intire of it ſelfe; euery man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; […]”
“This vast iland seems to have been first peopled by Fins and Laplanders, whom Ihre thinks the first inhabitants of the whole.”
“[…] and there came against him king Marsill, that had in gift an iland of sir Galahalt the haute prince, and this iland had the name Pomitaine.”
(alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of island.

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From Middle English iland, yland, from Old English īġland, īeġland (“island”). Cognate with Scots iland, yland (“island”). More at island.

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