island oor Xhosa

island

/ˈaɪlænd/, /ˈaɪ̯ləndz/, /ˈaɪlənd/ werkwoord, naamwoord

A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

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area of land completely surrounded by water

The fact that the Furious had no side island, however, made her look very different.
Ngokwenene uFurious wayengenaso isiqithi bucala ,ngokunjalo wenza imbonakalo yohluke kakhulu .

Island

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(in New York City) Long Island (in New York State)

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For a time we also shared in the circuit work, visiting congregations from the Queen Charlotte Islands eastward across the mountains to Fraser Lake, and later as far as Prince George and Mackenzie.
Kwakhona kangangexesha elithile saba nesabelo kumsebenzi wesiphaluka, sityelela amabandla ukusuka kwiZiqithi zeQueen Charlotte ngasempuma phesheya kweentaba ukuya kwiChibi iFraser, yaye kamva sasisiya kude njengasePrince George naseMackenzie.

Its largest island, Tongatapu, is located about 1,250 miles [2,000 km] northeast of Auckland, New Zealand.
Esona siqithi sayo sikhulu, iTongatapu, sikwiikhilomitha ezimalunga nama-2 000 kumntla-mpuma weAuckland, eNew Zealand.

In 1991, Tom and Ann took up a new assignment in the Solomon Islands, where Tom serves as Branch Committee coordinator.
Ngowe-1991, uTom noAnn bafumana isabelo esitsha kwiiSolomon Islands, apho uTom akhonza njengomlungelelanisi weKomiti yeSebe.

In April 2014, the branch office in Congo (Kinshasa) received a touching letter from a group of fishermen living on Ibinja Island on Lake Kivu.
NgoAprili 2014, iofisi yesebe yaseCongo (eKinshasa) yafumana ileta eyayivela kwiqela labalobi ababehlala kwiSiqithi saseIbinja, eLake Kivu.

This “much-loved Baltic gem” will stun you with its scenic beauty: woods and meadows, picturesque coastal villages, more than 1,400 lakes, and over 1,500 islands.
Eli lizwe lihle elikulwandle lweBaltic liya kukushiya ubamb’ ongezantsi ngenxa yamahlathi, amadlelo needolophu ezintle ezigudl’ unxweme, amachibi angaphezu kwe-1 400 neziqithi ezingaphezu kwe-1 500 ezithi ndijonge.

These are occasions when they can truly savor the meaning of the words of Isaiah 42:10: “Sing to Jehovah a new song, his praise from the extremity of the earth, you men that are going down to the sea and to that which fills it, you islands and you inhabiting them.”
Ezi zizihlandlo zaxa anokuyinandipha ngokwenene intsingiselo yamazwi kaIsaya 42:10: “Vumani kuYehova ingoma entsha, indumiso yakhe kwaseziphelweni zehlabathi, nina bahla baye elwandle, nenzaliseko yalo, nina ziqithi nabemi bazo.”

Those years in Sendai conditioned us for assignments on the northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido.
Loo minyaka mithandathu sikhonza eSendai yasenza salungela izabelo esasiza kuya kuzo ezisemantla esiqithi saseJapan, iHokkaido.

When he returned to the islands in 1873, he brought with him the completed translation of the New Testament in Gilbertese.
Wabuya nenguqulelo yeTestamente Entsha yolu lwimi.

▪ Islands of the Earth
▪Iziqithi Zomhlaba

While serving in Greece, I was able to attend memorable conventions in Athens, Thessalonica, and the islands of Rhodes and Crete.
Ngoxa ndikhonza eGrisi, ndakwazi ukuya kwiindibano endingasoze ndizilibale eAthens, eThessalonica nakwiziqithi zaseRhodes naseCrete.

Ecological vandalism, such as that perpetrated on the isolated Peron Islands, southwest of Darwin, Australia, is another evil to be conquered if animals are to be safe—inside or outside zoos.
Ukonakaliswa kwendalo, okufana nokwenzeka kwiiPeron Islands, kumzantsi-ntshona weDarwin, eOstreliya, bobunye ububi obufanele buyekwe ukuba kuza kusindiswa izilwanyana—ngaphakathi okanye ngaphandle kwemizi yogcino-zilwanyana.

At the coming end of this system of things, how will “every mountain and every island” be removed from their places?
Kwisiphelo esizayo sale nkqubo yezinto, ziya kushenxiswa njani ezindaweni zazo “zonke iintaba nazo zonke iziqithi”?

Toward the end of his life, during the reign of the Roman Emperor Domitian, John was exiled to the island of Patmos “for speaking about God and bearing witness to Jesus.”
Ngasekupheleni kobomi bakhe, ebudeni boMlawuli uDomitian waseRoma uYohane wathunyelwa kwisiqithi sasePatmos “ngenxa yokuthetha ngoThixo nokunikela ubungqina ngoYesu.”

Inside the bag was a beautiful pearl from her home island of Pohnpei.
Ngaphakathi kuloo bhegi kwakukho iperile entle uHelen awayeyifumene kwisiqithi sasePohnpei awazalelwa kuso.

In fact, like many Pacific islands, it is made up of just the tips of enormous underwater mountains.
Eneneni, njengeziqithi ezininzi zasePasifiki, sineentaba ezinkulu eziphantsi kwamanzi.

We also traveled with Norman in his boat to Cerf Island, where Bertie gave Bible talks in a boathouse.
Kwakhona sahamba noNorman ngephenyane lakhe saya kwiSiqithi iCerf, apho uBertie wanikela iintetho ezisekelwe eBhayibhileni kwindlu yokugcina amaphenyane.

This is the case in English, as well as in many languages of Europe, Africa, South America, India, and the islands of the Pacific.
Oku kuye kwenziwa kwiinguqulelo zesiNgesi, nakwiilwimi ezininzi zaseYurophu, eAfrika, eMzantsi Merika, eIndiya nezeziqithi zePasifiki.

Likewise, Mormon and Catholic missionaries essentially took charge of the civil and political affairs of the islands where they settled.
Ngokufanayo abavangeli bamaMormon nabamaKatolika babephambili kwimibandela yasekuhlaleni neyezopolitiko kwiziqithi ababehlala kuzo.

We are now on the Teisan-Y, traveling toward Warraber and Poruma islands.
Ngoku sihamba ngephenyane iTeisan-Y sisiya kwiziqithi zeWarraber nasePoruma.

The CIC sent me back to the recruiting center, where the officers, ignoring my beliefs, arbitrarily assigned me a military ID number, and transferred me to the military training center on Cheju island, near mainland Korea.
ICIC yaphinda yandithumela kwindawo ekubhaliswa kuyo abaza kuya emkhosini, kodwa amagosa alapho awazange abe nexesha leenkolelo zam, andinika inombolo yasemkhosini, aza andithumela kwindawo ekuqeqeshwa kuyo amajoni kwisiqithi saseCheju esikufuphi neKorea.

FOR the people of Tuvalu, a group of islands no more than 13 feet [4 m] above sea level, global warming is, not abstract science, but “a daily reality,” says the Herald.
IHERALD ithi abantu baseTuvalu, abakwiziqithi ezimalunga neemitha ezine ukuphakama, izinto ezibangelwa bubushushu bomhlaba obugqithiseleyo (global warming) abazifundi nje kwiingxelo zezazinzulu, kodwa “bazibona ngokoqobo.”

The hospitality shown to us touched our hearts, and everyone was so tolerant of my efforts to explain things in what I thought was acceptable Solomon Islands Pidgin —a language with what must be one of the smallest vocabularies in the world.
Umoya wokubuk’ iindwendwe owabonakaliswa kuthi wasichukumisa yaye wonke ubani wayesiba nomonde xa ndizama ukucacisa izinto ngesiSolomon Islands Pidgin—olunye lolwimi olunawona magama ambalwa ehlabathini.

May to October 2008: Because of weather conditions, we are unable to reach the islands.
Ukususela ngoMeyi ukusa kuOktobha 2008: Imozulu embi iyasithintela ukuba singafiki eziqithini.

Our destination is the Paphos Forest, high in the Troodos mountain range on the island of Cyprus, where we hope to find the elusive mouflon.
Sasifuna ukuya kufika phezulu kwiHlathi ekuthiwa yiPaphos, eTroodos kwiintaba ezikwisiqithi saseCyprus, apho sasinethemba lokuba siza kuzibona iimouflon.

“Yes,” Islande replied through her tears.
UIslande owayentywizisa wathi, “Ewe.”