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Double Island

Double Island proper noun: an island of Sugarloaf Channel, Shantou, Guangdong, China, located inwards after Sugarloaf Island and larger than it.

Proper noun

Double Island

  1. An island of Sugarloaf Channel, Shantou, Guangdong, China, located inwards after Sugarloaf Island and larger than it.
    • At the entrance of the bay on which Swatow is located, there is a small island called Double Island, on which foreigners secured a foothold before the port was opened to the outside world.1891 August, S. B. Partridge, “American Baptist Mission, Swatow, China.”, in The Baptist Missionary Magazine, volume LXXI, number 8, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 370
    • The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most romantic events on the Chinese spiritual calendar - a time to gaze at and worship the beauty of the full moon. I think I captured the reverence and lyricism of the mid-autumn moon in this shot off Mayu Island in Shantou.[1987, Manly Chin, China The Beautiful [中國風光攝影集], Reader's Digest Association Far East Limited, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 310
    Synonyms:
    Masu, Mayu

Examples of Double Island in a sentence

  • British merchants lived on Double Island, and sold opium.2003, Hudson Taylor, “Called to Swatow”, in Looking Back: An Autobiography (Missions), OMF International, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 84–85:
  • Anchored near Double Island, Edsall observed Japanese aerial attacks in support of their ground offensive in the region.2008, Donald M. Kehn Jr., “Flushdeckers”, in A Blue Sea of Blood: Deciphering the Mysterious Fate of the USS Edsall, Zenith Press, →ISBN...

Synonyms of Double Island

Questions about Double Island

What does Double Island mean?
Double Island means an island of Sugarloaf Channel, Shantou, Guangdong, China, located inwards after Sugarloaf Island and larger than it.
How do you use Double Island in a sentence?
British merchants lived on Double Island, and sold opium.
What part of speech is Double Island?
Double Island is a proper noun.

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