islanders
islanders — noun
- islanderssingular
- islandersesplural
1. a person who was born on an island or has made their home there.
a person who was born on an island or has made their home there.
Many islanders on Jeju rely on fishing and tourism for their income.
collocation: islanders on [island name]
Adisa grew up as an islander in the Bahamas and learned to sail at age six.
singular form: an islander
The islanders voted to protect the coral reef from further development.
Heloísa's grandmother was one of the last islanders who still spoke the old language.
When the storm came, the islanders moved all their boats onto higher ground.
- inhabitant
more general — can refer to any place (city, region), not just islands
- native
stronger emphasis on being born there; can sound old-fashioned or claim ancestry
- local
informal; contrasts with 'visitor' or 'tourist' rather than with mainlanders
- mainlander
a person who lives on the mainland rather than on an island
文法句型
the [noun] + plural verb
[number] + [noun] + of + [place]
用法筆記
Used especially when the speaker wants to highlight the connection between the people and the island as a distinct place or community.