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Meaning of "island was named"

island was named - this phrase refers to the act of giving a specific name to an island. It implies that at some point in history, someone officially designated or assigned a name to the island, often based on geographical characteristics, historical significance, or in honor of a person or event

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island was named
The island was named after a nearby sand bank.
It is not clear after whom the island was named.
The island was named in his honor.
It is unclear after whom Cornelius Island was named.
The island was named after a nearby sand bar.
The two bushes for which the island was named have long since vanished.
The island was named as such because the island itself looks like a crocodile.
On the map the island was named Moni.
Sabine Island was named in his honour during this expedition.
The volcano Mount Terror on Ross Island was named after the ship.
The island was named c.
She never reached the other side, and the island was named in her honour.
Wiencke Island was named in his honor.
However, no record has been found as to which Brooks the island was named for.
Eliza Island was named in his honor.

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They raised hogs in drier areas, and therefore, the island was named Hog Island.
Desroches Island was named in his honour.
Was called Atlas, from whom the Island was named.
This island was named once Fositeland from the name of this god.
The adjacent Discovery Island was named after the Discovery.
This island was named after a fur trader called Faddeyev who built the first habitation there.
No one really knows why the island was named Governor 's Island.
Frégate Island was named for the frigate birds that once flocked to its shores.
Consequently, the highest mountain on the Angel Island was named Mount Livermore in her honor.
This island was named in honor of Alfred Newton.
In antiquity, the island was named " Hycesia.
This island was named in honor of Queen Isabella.
It was discovered in 1739 by a French naval officer after whom the island was named.
The settlement in the island was named Pordoselene which had a nasty meaning.
The island was named for its location on Lopez Island.
Because most of the shepherds were men, the island was named Polyandros ( ' many men ' ).
That is how the icy island was named Greenland and the green island called Iceland.
The island was named by Europeans ; after Eliza Fraser in remembrance of her dramatic shipwreck.
In Russian, the entire island was named Sakhalin or Saghalien.
The island was named after the village Võiküla on the island of Muhu.
Seventy-Five Mile Beach in Fraser Island was named because it is approximately 75 miles long.
The island was named after the former Springbank Farm that was situated there.
During the Pre-Columbian times, the island was named ' Karukera ' by the Arawak People.
This island was named in honor of Queen Isabela.
The school on the island was named Irmengard Gymnasium.
Water Island was named by Europeans for its natural ponds of fresh water.
At that time the island was named Porfyris or Porfyrousa.
The island was named after the French explorer Nicolas Baudin who passed through the region.
The newly discovered island was named New Nantucket and also as Phoebe.
The island was named by French explorer Jacques Cartier.
According to mythology, the island was named after Myconos, son of the immortal Anios.
Stewart Island was named after the first officer aboard the Pegasus.
And while the island was named after her, the story goes on.
The island was named after Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, a French governor of Mauritius.
At that time, the island was named " Île d'Angoulème and " Île du Richelieu.

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