West Island

English

Etymology

west+island; From its location.

• (New Zealand): by analogy with the North Island and South Island that make up New Zealand.

Proper noun

West Island

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see west,‎ island.
   1. an island to the west
   2. the western portion of an island
2. (New Zealand, humorous) Australia; an island lying to the west of New Zealand.
   • 2016, Stephanie Johnson, Playing for Both Sides: Love Across the Tasman, page 16:

     Since then she has had a luminary career as writer, mentor, writing teacher and political activist in West Island. She has even gone so far as to take dual New Zealand/Australian citizenship, which I like to rib her about […]

3. An island in the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Australia, in the Indian Ocean
4. A region of Montreal, Quebec, Canada; a region of the Island of Montreal composed of the cities and boroughs on the western portion of the island, and some neighbouring islands of that region; generally lying to the west of Autoroute 13.

Coordinate terms

Montreal

• Montreal West
• West End
• West Shore

 

Related terms

• East Island
• North Island
• South Island

 

Translations

Western Montreal Island

• French: Ouest-de-l’Île (fr)