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Snake Island

Snake Island proper noun: any of several islands with the name.

snake island: any of several islands with the name
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Proper noun (1)

Snake Island

  1. Any of several islands with the name.
    Synonyms:
    Snake

Proper noun (2)

Snake Island

  1. An island in Budjak, on the Black Sea, at the Danue Delta, Danube River in Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, on the border with Romania.
    • SNAKE ISLAND
    • Located in the northwestern side of the Black Sea, Snake Island, or called ostriv Zmiyinyy in Ukrainian and Insula Serpilor in Romanian, is currently administered by Ukraine but claimed by Romania. The Snake Island is a limestone formation located 35 km from the coast, east of the mouth of the...2006, Rongxing Guo, Territorial Disputes and Resource Management: A Global Handbook, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224
    Synonyms:
    Fidonisi, Serpent, Serpent Island, Snake, Zmiinyi, Zmiinyi Island

Snake Island meaning in Arabic

Snake Island in Arabic

Black Sea island of Ukraine bordering Romania
جَزِيرَةُ الثُّعْبَان jazīratu ṯ-ṯuʕbān

Synonyms of Snake Island

Origin of Snake Island

From snake + island.

Calque of Ukrainian о́стрів Змії́ний (óstriv Zmijínyj, “Snake Island”) or Russian о́стров Змеи́ный (óstrov Zmeínyj, “Snake Island”), from Romanian Insula Șerpilor (“Serpent Island”), from Byzantine Greek Φιδονήσι (Phidonḗsi, “Snake Isle”), from Byzantine Greek φιδο (phido, “snake”) (Greek φίδι (fídi)) + νήσι (nísi, “island”).

Questions about Snake Island

What does Snake Island mean?
Snake Island means any of several islands with the name.
What is Snake Island in Arabic?
Snake Island in Arabic is جَزِيرَةُ الثُّعْبَان (jazīratu ṯ-ṯuʕbān). See Snake Island meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Snake Island?
Snake Island is a proper noun.

Words near Snake Island in the dictionary

  1. snake in the tunnel
  2. Snake Indian
  3. Snake Indians
  4. snake insert
  5. snake inserts
  6. Snake Island
  7. snake lizard
  8. snake lizards
  9. snake mackerel
  10. snake mackerels
  11. snake melon

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