coral island

See also: Coral Island

English

Etymology

From coral + island.

Noun

coral island (plural coral islands)

1. A type of island formed from coral detritus and associated organic material.

Derived terms

• coral islander
• Coral Islander

Related terms

• black coral (family: Antipathidae)
• coral
• coral bleaching
• coralise
• coralize
• coralline
• coralliferous
• corally
• coral reef
• Coral Sea
• coral snake (genera: Micrurus, Micruroides)
• island
• islander
• purple coral, Alloclavaria purpurea (species of coral fungus)

Translations

coral island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 珊瑚島／珊瑚岛 (zh) (shānhúdǎo)

• Czech: korálový ostrov m
• Danish: koralø c
• Dutch: koraaleiland (nl) f
• Estonian: korallsaar
• Finnish: korallisaari (fi)
• French: île corallienne f, ile corallienne f
• German: Koralleninsel f
• Hebrew: אי אלמוגים m (í almugím)
• Hungarian: korallsziget (hu)
• Italian: isola corallina f
• Japanese: サンゴ島 (sangotō)
• Latvian: koraļļu sala f
• Manx: ellan chorralagh f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koralløy f or m

  Nynorsk: koralløy f

• Polish: wyspa koralowa f
• Portuguese: ilha de coral f
• Russian: кора́лловый о́стров m (korállovyj óstrov)
• Spanish: isla de coral f
• Swedish: korallö c
• Ukrainian: кора́ловий о́стрів m (korálovyj óstriv)
• Vietnamese: đảo san hô

See also

• atoll
• lagoon
• oceanic crust
• subsidence
• uplift and accretion
• volcano

Anagrams

• corallanids