isiqithi oor Engels

isiqithi

Vertalings in die woordeboek Xhosa - Engels

island

naamwoord

area of land completely surrounded by water

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

isle

naamwoord

voorbeelde

Ngowama-2006, isiqithi iVanuatu sasiphambili kwiHappy Planet Index.
In 2006, Vanuatu topped the global Happy Planet Index.

La ngamazwi awathethwa yindoda yaseDatshi uAbel Tasman ngoNovemba 25, 1642, mhla wabona isiqithi saseTasmania, esililizwana lesibini ngobudala kwelaseOstreliya.
These are the words of Dutchman Abel Tasman on November 25, 1642, the day after he sighted the island of Tasmania, the second oldest Australian state.

Apho ndagwetywa iminyaka emithathu entolongweni eseYíaros (Gyaros), isiqithi esimalunga neekhilomitha eziyi-50 kwimpuma yeMakrónisos.
There I was sentenced to three years in prison on Yíaros (Gyaros), an island about 30 miles (50 km) east of Makrónisos.

Xa umkhenkethi wenkulungwane ye-13 waseItali, uMarco Polo, watyelela isiqithi saseSumatra eIndonesia, wabona abantu “abahlala ezintabeni abaphila . . . njengezilwanyana, nabatya inyama yabantu.”
When 13th-century Italian explorer Marco Polo visited the island of Sumatra, in Indonesia, he described a certain “hill-people” who, he said, “live . . . like beasts . . . and eat human flesh.”

AmaNgqina akwesinye isiqithi asabela ngokukhawuleza kubazalwana bawo abasweleyo.
Witnesses on the other islands responded quickly to their brothers in need.

Xa zikwimpuma yeMalay Archipelago, zagaleleka eNew Guinea, isiqithi esinamaxethuka esikummandla weleenjiko—esilandela iGreenland ngobukhulu ehlabathini.
At the eastern end of the Malay Archipelago, they encountered New Guinea, a rugged tropical island —the second largest in the world.

Xa isiqithi sabuyiselwa kwiTshayina emva kwemfazwe, kwakufuneka befunde ulwimi lwesiTshayina.
When the island was returned to China after the war, they had to learn the Chinese language.

Xa besuka kwesinye isiqithi besiya kwesinye, abavangeli basemazweni nabavakalisi babesebenzisa iinqwelo-moya neenqanawa ezincinane.
To travel between islands, missionaries and publishers used planes and small boats.

Oko kwenza isiqithi saseMalta, kumazantsi eSisili, sibe yeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yaphukela kuso le nqanawa.
That makes the island of Malta, south of Sicily, the probable location where the shipwreck occurred.

Okokuqala, isiqithi saseHawaii sibizwa ngokuba sisiQithi Esikhulu kuba ezinye iziqithi ezikhulu eziphakathi kweziQithi zeHawaii—iOahu, iMaui, neKauai—zingena lula kwesi siQithi Sikhulu!
To begin with, the island of Hawaii is called the Big Island because you could take the other major islands of the Hawaiian Islands —Oahu, Maui, and Kauai— and easily fit them all into the Big Island!

Kunokuba sisonge izandla silinde, sagqiba ekubeni sityelele iAchutupu, okanye isiQithi iDog, ngesigidimi soBukumkani.
Rather than just wait, we decided to visit Achutupu, or Dog Island, with the Kingdom message.

Kuhambo lwethu sangena nase-Espíritu Santo, esinye isiqithi esikumntla weVanuatu.
Our journey included a stop at Espíritu Santo, another island to the north in Vanuatu.

Ndandinama-20 eedola zesilivere, yaye ngaloo ndlela ndaba phakathi kwabo bakwaziyo ukuwela iSiqithi saseEllis, eNew York, indlela yokungena eMerika.
I had a 20-dollar silver piece, and thus I became one of the millions who passed through Ellis Island, New York, doorway to America.

Kufuphi nale ndawo kukho iNdawo yesixhenxe Ebalulekileyo Ehlabathini, iHalf Moon Cay, isiqithi esihle nekufumaneka kuso intaka yaselwandle enqabileyo ired-footed booby.
Nearby is another of the seven World Heritage areas, the Half Moon Cay, an idyllic island sanctuary for the rare red-footed booby.

Ukuba uvakalelwa kukuba aba bemi basemzini baseAsia abazityikatyika kwiAmazon basisisongelo kwizinto eziphilileyo, usenokucinga ngokuya kukhalaza kumapolisa aseMarajó, isiqithi esikwintlambo yalo mlambo.
If you feel that these Asian immigrants wallowing in the Amazon are threatening the ecosystem, you may consider demurring to the police on Marajó, an island in the river delta.

“Phantse kangangenkulungwane akukho tshaba lwakha lwathi cakatha umcondo walo kwiilwandle ezingqonge isiqithi sethu. . . .
“For close on a century no enemy had appeared in the seas around our island. . . .

ICuba, isiqithi esihle saseCaribbean, kutshanje iye yanandipha ixesha elingenakufaniswa nanto lokuhlaziyeka ngokomoya.
Cuba, a beautiful island in the Caribbean, recently experienced an unprecedented season of spiritual refreshment.

ISiqithi IThursday Siva Iindaba Ezilungileyo
Thursday Island Hears the Good News

Emva koko sabelwa kwikhaya labavangeli basemazweni eRaïatéa, esinye isiqithi sePasifiki, yaye sahlala apho kangangeminyaka emibini.
Next we were assigned to a missionary home in Raïatéa, another Pacific island, and we stayed there for about two years.

Endleleni yawo, ukuzala nokurhoxa okunyukileyo kungadibana novaleko okanye isiqithi esiza kutshintsha indlela, umdla amandla awenza amaxeesha awohlukileyo okufika, ukuhluka kobude bokuzala nokurhoxa kwanokuhluka kwamanani okuzala nokurhoxa ngosuku (ukuzala nokurhoxa okuqakathayo).
On its way, the tidal rise may meet shallows and islands which will change its direction, strength and force, causing differing times of arrival, differing heights of tide and even differing number of tides per day (ricochet tides).

Imbali yamaTshayina idiza ukuba ngowama-219 B.C.E., umlawuli uCh’in Shih Huang Ti wathumela udederhu lweenqanawa ezizele ngamakhwenkwe namantombazana angama-3 000 eye kukhangela isiqithi sodumo ekuthiwa yiP’eng-lai, ezihlala kuso ezi zidalwa zingafiyo, ukuze abuye nechiza elenza abantu bangafi.
Chinese history reports that in 219 B.C.E., the emperor Ch’in Shih Huang Ti sent a fleet of ships with 3,000 boys and girls to find the legendary island of P’eng-lai, the abode of the immortals, in order to bring back the herb of immortality.

ISIQITHI.
ISLAND.

Kwesinye isiqithi, omnye umSabatha wasibona sityelela ummelwane wakhe oliNgqina.
On another island, an Adventist saw us visit his neighbor, a Witness.

INDLELA ENDANDIKADE NDIPHILA NGAYO: Ndazalelwa eNukulaelae isiqithi esihle esikwiPasifiki ngoku siyinxalenye yeTuvalu.
MY PAST: I was born on Nukulaelae, a beautiful Pacific island that is now part of Tuvalu.

Xa ndandineminyaka elishumi ubudala, ndemka ekhaya ndaya kwisikolo sikarhulumente eyayikuphela kwaso kulo mmandla, kwesinye isiqithi.
When I was ten, I left home to go to the only government school in the area, which was on another island.