Insel

Definitions of Insel
  1. noun
    a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
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    Taiwan
    a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
    Jamaika
    an island in the West Indies to the south of Cuba and to the west of Haiti
    Papua Neuguinea
    a Pacific island to the north of Australia; the 2nd largest island in the world; the western part is governed by Indonesia and the eastern part is Papua New Guinea
    Madagaskar
    an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world
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    Karibik, Karibische Inseln
    an island in the Caribbean Sea
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    Grund, Land
    the solid part of the earth's surface
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