See Also: Cat Island(tourism)
Island Fun(recipes)
island(dictionary)
BIG ISLAND(finance)
island arc(encyclopedia)
island(encyclopedia)
Big Island Air(tourism)
NEW ISLAND(finance)
CpG island(health)
Island Air(tourism)

off-island (iou)



off-island adverb, noun, & adjective. E20.
[from OFF preposition (as adverb), OFF- (as noun) + ISLAND noun1.]
A. adverb. Away from an island; spec. (US) away from the island of Nantucket. E20.
b. noun. An island off the shore of a larger or central island. M20.
C. adjective. Visiting or temporarily residing on an island. Also, of or pertaining to an off-island. M20.
off-islander noun (a) a visitor or temporary resident on an island, spec. (US) in Nantucket; (b) a native or inhabitant of an offshore island: L19.