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Island vs Xueta - What's the difference?

island | xueta |

As a proper noun island

is iceland.

As a noun xueta is

one of a strictly endogamous social group on the island of majorca, descendants of majorcan jews who either converted to christianity or were forced to keep their religion hidden.

island

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (nonstandard) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
  • * 2002 , Gordon L. Rottman, World War 2 Pacific island guide
    • Sumatra is the second largest island in the East Indies and the fourth largest in the world covering 182,859 square miles.
  • An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.
    • an island of tranquility (a calm place surrounded by a noisy environment)
    an island of colour on a butterfly's wing
  • * 1939 , Deseret News, October 27 1939, Roosevelt Reaffirms American Neutrality
    • King Leopold, speaking in fluent English during his six minute broadcast, said Belgium stood side by side with Holland "an Island of peace in the interests of all"
  • A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.
  • (chiefly, UK) A traffic island.
    • the island in the middle of a roundabout

    Synonyms

    * (land surrounded by water) (l), (l) * (an entity surrounded by other very different entities) oasis

    Derived terms

    * coney island * desert island * floating island * heat island * high island * interisland * islander * island dispenser * island display * island-hop * island position * island state * island universe * islandwide * islandy * low island * no man is an island * safety island * security island * the Island * sea-island * tidal island

    Related terms

    * insular * isle * islet

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To surround with water; make into an island
  • * 1933 , Harriet Monroe, Poetry: Volume 42
    • We paused at little river cities along the way and walked upon their bushy dikes, and heard tales of overflows in flood seasons, when four feet or more of water islanded the houses.
  • To set, dot (as if) with islands
  • To isolate
  • * , (A Shropshire Lad), XXVII, lines 1-2
    • ''High the vanes of (Shrewsbury) gleam
    Islanded in Severn stream''.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * archipelago * atoll * cay, key * continent * peninsula

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    xueta

    English

    Noun

    (Xuetes) (wikipedia Xueta)
  • One of a strictly endogamous social group on the island of Majorca, descendants of Majorcan Jews who either converted to Christianity or were forced to keep their religion hidden.
  • * 1976 , Kenneth Moore, Those of the street: the Catholic-Jews of Mallorca
    • I remember being insulted as a child, being called a Xueta fool by playmates, and once someone spit in my face. There has always existed a sense of community among Xuetas and from my grandparents I learned pride in being a Xueta
  • * 2009 , Peter Wade, Race, Ethnicity and Nation: Perspectives from Kinship and Genetics (page 131)
    • But maybe it is more relevant for my purpose, which is to show the creativity of alliances, to concentrate on the question of the ethnic boundary between Xuetes and Old Christians