half-islandn.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːfˈʌɪlənd/, U.S.

/ˌhæfˈaɪlənd/

Forms: see half adj. and island n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., island n.

Etymology: < half adj. + island n. In sense 1 originally after early modern Dutch half-eyland (1596 in the passage translated in quot. 1598; Dutch half-eiland ). In later use in this sense frequently after classical Latin paeninsula peninsula n. Compare slightly later demi-island n., and also earlier half-isle n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry.

†1. A peninsula. Cf. demi-island n., half-isle n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula

peninsulaa1552

byland1577

demi-island1600

half-island1600

chersonese1601

demi-isle1609

penisle1611

near-isle1625

1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 228/1 Sailing from this hooke sixtie fiue miles, to the firme land, you come to the hooke of Iucatan, which runneth into the sea like a halfe Island [Du. half Eyland].

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xi. 554 Standing as it were in an halfe Island [L. in paene insula].

a1682 S. Clarke New Descr. World (1689) 88 A small Village of little note Metron or Methone, is commodiously seated in a half Island.

1789 B. Romans et al. Compl. Pilot Gulf Passage (new ed.) 54 The entrance into that river is readily known by two half islands at its mouth.

1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxi. 21 Of islands jewel and of half-islands [L. paene insularum], Fair Sirmio.

1928 S. V. Benét John Brown's Body (2008) 159 He has chosen to ferry his men by sea, To the ragged half-island between the York and the James.

2. A territory covering half, or a large part of, the area of an island.

a1661 T. Fuller Hist. Worthies Eng. (1662) vii. 21 Our municipal Law..may be concluded more proper for our people, and more applicable to all the Emergencies in this half-Island, than the civil Law, made for the general Concernment of the whole Empire.

1883 C. Sumner Wks. XIV. 189 None of them wanted his half-island—not Spain, not France, not England. None would take it.

1939 Illustr. London News 4 Feb. 160/2 Our forefathers inhabited a misty half-island on the outer fringes of civilisation.

2002 N.Y. Times 26 May iv. 2/3 East Timor..the world's newest nation, a small half island in the Indonesian archipelago.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half-island
释义	half-islandn. Brit. /ˌhɑːfˈʌɪlənd/, U.S. /ˌhæfˈaɪlənd/ Forms: see half adj. and island n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., island n. Etymology: < half adj. + island n. In sense 1 originally after early modern Dutch half-eyland (1596 in the passage translated in quot. 1598; Dutch half-eiland ). In later use in this sense frequently after classical Latin paeninsula peninsula n. Compare slightly later demi-island n., and also earlier half-isle n. and the foreign-language forms cited at that entry. †1. A peninsula. Cf. demi-island n., half-isle n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > promontory, headland, or cape > [noun] > peninsula peninsulaa1552 byland1577 demi-island1600 half-island1600 chersonese1601 demi-isle1609 penisle1611 near-isle1625 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies ii. 228/1 Sailing from this hooke sixtie fiue miles, to the firme land, you come to the hooke of Iucatan, which runneth into the sea like a halfe Island [Du. half Eyland]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xi. 554 Standing as it were in an halfe Island [L. in paene insula]. a1682 S. Clarke New Descr. World (1689) 88 A small Village of little note Metron or Methone, is commodiously seated in a half Island. 1789 B. Romans et al. Compl. Pilot Gulf Passage (new ed.) 54 The entrance into that river is readily known by two half islands at its mouth. 1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems xxxi. 21 Of islands jewel and of half-islands [L. paene insularum], Fair Sirmio. 1928 S. V. Benét John Brown's Body (2008) 159 He has chosen to ferry his men by sea, To the ragged half-island between the York and the James. 2. A territory covering half, or a large part of, the area of an island. Π a1661 T. Fuller Hist. Worthies Eng. (1662) vii. 21 Our municipal Law..may be concluded more proper for our people, and more applicable to all the Emergencies in this half-Island, than the civil Law, made for the general Concernment of the whole Empire. 1883 C. Sumner Wks. XIV. 189 None of them wanted his half-island—not Spain, not France, not England. None would take it. 1939 Illustr. London News 4 Feb. 160/2 Our forefathers inhabited a misty half-island on the outer fringes of civilisation. 2002 N.Y. Times 26 May iv. 2/3 East Timor..the world's newest nation, a small half island in the Indonesian archipelago. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1598
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