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Lincoln Island

Lincoln Island proper noun: an island of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea administered under Sansha, Hainan, China (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam).

Proper noun (1)

Lincoln Island

  1. An island of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea administered under Sansha, Hainan, China (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam).
    • LINCOLN ISLAND, in lat. 16° 40ʹ N., lon. 112° 42ʹ E., is about 3 miles in circuit, surrounded by a reef to the distance of a mile ; it is low, covered with small brush-wood, and has a spring of excellent water near three coco-nut trees in its centre. There are 20 fathoms close to the rocks at the...
    • PYRAMID ROCK, in lat. 16° 36ʹ N., lon. 112° 37ʹ E., about 6 miles to the S.W. of Lincoln Island, has no soundings close to; but the pilot said that soundings were continued in a narrow line, from the south part of Lincoln Island to the shoal seen by the ship Bombay Merchant in 1800.1843, James Horsburgh, “The Paracels, with the Banks and Dangers in the Northern part of the China Sea”, in The India Directory, or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China...
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Proper noun (2)

Lincoln Island

  1. An island of Juneau, Alaska, United States.

Examples of Lincoln Island in a sentence

  • After the weather cleared he found himself in soundings about 20 miles South of Lincoln Island.1912 October 16, “THE LAST TYPHOON.”, in The China Mail, number 15,485, →OCLC, page 5, column 3:
  • Macclesfield Bank would fall within such a claim radiating from Lincoln Island in the Paracel Group.1985, Daniel J. Dzurek, “Boundary and Resource Disputes in the South China Sea”, in Ocean Yearbook 5, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN...

Synonyms of Lincoln Island

Origin of Lincoln Island

1868, probably named after Abraham Lincoln.

Questions about Lincoln Island

What does Lincoln Island mean?
Lincoln Island means an island of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea administered under Sansha, Hainan, China (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam).
How do you use Lincoln Island in a sentence?
After the weather cleared he found himself in soundings about 20 miles South of Lincoln Island.
What part of speech is Lincoln Island?
Lincoln Island is a proper noun.

Words near Lincoln Island in the dictionary

  1. Lincoln dinner
  2. Lincoln dinners
  3. Lincoln green
  4. Lincoln greens
  5. Lincoln Heights
  6. Lincoln Island
  7. Lincoln Logs
  8. Lincoln Parish
  9. Lincoln Park
  10. Lincoln Red
  11. Lincoln Reds

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