Islands

See also: islands, Íslands, and Īslands

English

Etymology

From island, chosen because the district is located in an archipelago on the coast.

Proper noun

Islands

  1. A district of Hong Kong.
    • 2019 November 25, Kris Cheng, “Hong Kong District Council election: Democrats take control of 17 out of 18 councils in landslide victory”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎, archived from the original on 31 July 2020:
      The democrats now have majority control in almost all areas except the Islands District Council, where they won seven seats, and the pro-Beijing camp obtained 11 seats. Eight of the seats in the Islands District belong to ex-officio members, which were not included in Sunday’s election.

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German

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Proper noun

Islands

  1. genitive singular of Island

Livonian

Proper noun

Islands

  1. inessive singular of Island

Swedish

Proper noun

Islands

  1. genitive of Island

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