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island nation (ˈaɪlənd ˈneɪʃən) 

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noun

  1. a country that is entirely made up of one or more islands

Example Sentences Including 'island nation'

' The Korean Residents ' Union in Japan warned that the move would make Japan'an isolated island nation '.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
-- with ravi shankar ravelling to an island nation with 88 of the world's most beautiful women?
India Today (1996)
In Toronto much has been made about the chief's four-day visit to the Caribbean island nation.
Toronto Sun (2003)
Noh, T. & J. Kimura (eds) 1983. Japan: a regional geography of an island nation.
Cloke, Paul J (ed) Rural Land-Use Planning in Developed Nations
Soon, we will no longer be a proud, independent island nation but rather a tatty suburb of the Continent.
Terman, Douglas Cormorant
Stephanie Tauevihi is now using her high profile to persuade companies to donate goods for the tiny island nation.
New Zealand Herald (2004)
We are an island nation surrounded by an unharnessed force that is 100 % guaranteed twice a day.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)

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