Meanings
adjectiveislandwide (not comparable)
- not comparableExtending throughout an island.
Mr. Obama's determined effort to remain out of power for now extended to Oahu's islandwide loss of electricity last Friday and Saturday.
2009 January 2, Jackie Calmes, “‘Hail to Chief’ Ambience for President in Waiting”, in New York Times
adverbislandwide (not comparable)
- not comparableThroughout an island.
The bakery added bread and delivered it islandwide.
2011, Stormy Cozad, Kauai: 100 Years in Postcards, page 43
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ékʷeh₂
- Proto-Germanic*awjō
- Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*landą
- Proto-Germanic*awjōlandą
- Proto-West Germanic*auwjuland
- Old Englishīeġland
- Middle Englishilond
- Englishiland
- Englishisland
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁ós
- Proto-Germanic*wīdaz
- Old Englishwīd
- Englishwide
- Englishislandwide
Cite this entry
APA
islandwide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islandwide
MLA
“islandwide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islandwide. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “islandwide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/islandwide.
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