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interisland

/ˌɪntəɹˈaɪlənd/

interisland adjective: between islands.

Adjective

interisland (not comparable)

  1. Between islands.
    • interisland shipping
    • Travel in Vanuatu has always had a significant element of danger. Most inter-island transport before World War II was by boat. Many of those vessels were only able to be registered in countries which had very lax shipping rules. Woodburn writes of the dramatic sinking of the inter-island vessel...2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 73

Origin of interisland

From inter- + island.

Questions about interisland

What does interisland mean?
Interisland means between islands.
What part of speech is interisland?
Interisland is an adjective.
How do you pronounce interisland?
Interisland is pronounced /ˌɪntəɹˈaɪlənd/.

Words near interisland in the dictionary

  1. interiour
  2. interiourly
  3. interiours
  4. interirrigation
  5. interischiadic
  6. interisland
  7. interislet
  8. interitem
  9. Interix
  10. interj
  11. interj.

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