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PRONUNCIATION OF ISLOMANIA

islomania  [ˌaɪləˈmeɪnɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ISLOMANIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Islomania is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ISLOMANIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of islomania in the English dictionary

The definition of islomania in the dictionary is an obsessional enthusiasm or partiality for islands.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ISLOMANIA


Anglomania
ˌæŋɡləʊˈmeɪnɪə
bibliomania
ˌbɪblɪəʊˈmeɪnɪə
decalcomania
dɪˌkælkəˈmeɪnɪə
dipsomania
ˌdɪpsəʊˈmeɪnɪə
egomania
ˌiːɡəʊˈmeɪnɪə
erotomania
ɪˌrɒtəʊˈmeɪnɪə
hypomania
ˌhaɪpəʊˈmeɪnɪə
kleptomania
ˌklɛptəʊˈmeɪnɪə
leishmania
liːʃˈmeɪnɪə
mania
ˈmeɪnɪə
megalomania
ˌmɛɡələʊˈmeɪnɪə
melomania
ˌmɛləˈmeɪnɪə
nymphomania
ˌnɪmfəˈmeɪnɪə
pyromania
ˌpaɪrəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Romania
rəʊˈmeɪnɪə
Roumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Rumania
ruːˈmeɪnɪə
Tasmania
tæzˈmeɪnɪə
technomania
ˌtɛknəʊˈmeɪnɪə
zoomania
ˌzəʊəˈmeɪnɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ISLOMANIA

isle
Isle of Dogs
Isle of Man
Isle of Pines
Isle of Portland
Isle of Sheppey
Isle of Thanet
Isle of Wight
Isle of Youth
Isle Royale
isleless
isleman
islesman
islet
isleted
islets of Langerhans
Islington
ism

WORDS THAT END LIKE ISLOMANIA

cleptomania
demonomania
dinomania
eleutheromania
graphomania
hydromania
hypermania
hysteromania
infomania
Lithuania
morphinomania
mythomania
necromania
Obamamania
orchidomania
petalomania
potichomania
theomania
toxicomania
tulipomania
xenomania

Synonyms and antonyms of islomania in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «islomania» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ISLOMANIA

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The translations of islomania from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «islomania» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

islomania
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

islomania
570 millions of speakers

English

islomania
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

islomania
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

islomania
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

islomania
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

islomania
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

islomania
260 millions of speakers

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islomania
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Islomania
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

islomania
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

islomania
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

islomania
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Islomania
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

islomania
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

islomania
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

इस्लोमनिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

islomania
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

islomania
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

islomania
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

islomania
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

islomania
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

islomania
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

islomania
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

islomania
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

islomania
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of islomania

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ISLOMANIA»

The term «islomania» is barely ever used and occupies the 203.600 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ISLOMANIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about islomania

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ISLOMANIA»

Discover the use of islomania in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to islomania and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Islomania
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Islomania is a craze for or a strong attraction to islands.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
2
Montebello
I read that islomania was first identified and understood by Lawrence Durrell in Prospero's Cell, set on Corfu. He describeditasa condition of the psyche. ' Islomania is a rare affliction of spirit. There are people who find islands somehow  ...
Robert Drewe, 2012
3
Macro-engineering Seawater in Unique Environments: Arid ...
Wikipedia, under the entry ''islomania'', quotes a letter by Durell, in which he writes: ''Islomania is a rare affliction of spirit. There are people who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere knowledge that they are in a little world surrounded ...
Viorel Badescu, Richard Cathcart, 2011
4
Private Islands: Niihau, Herm, Jethou, Lanai, Little ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books Llc, 2010
5
Islands: List of Islands, Island, Archipelago, Atoll, Achill ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
LLC Books, 2010
6
Athens
and among these there occurred the word islomania, which was described as a rare but by no means unknown affliction of spirit. There are people, Gideon used to say, by way of explanation, who find islands somehow irresistible. The mere ...
Barrie Kerper, 2004
7
Reflections on a Marine Venus: A Companion to the Landscape ...
... retired himself to Rhodes — MIDDLETON:TheSpanishGipsy OMEWHERE AMONG THE notebooks of Gideon I once found a list of diseases as yet unclassified by medicalscience, and among these there occurred the word Islomania, which ...
Lawrence Durrell, 2012
8
The Lawrence Durrell Travel Reader
This book is by intention a sort of anatomy of islomania, with all its formal defects of inconsequence and shapelessness: of conversations begun and left hanging in the air: of journeys planned and never undertaken: of notes and studies put ...
Lawrence Durrell, Clint Willis, 2012
9
Mediterranean Mediteranski Brevijar:
Moreover, he saved the word islomania from oblivion: "Somewhere among the note-books of Gideon I once found a list of diseases as yet unclassified by medical science, and among these there occurred the word Islomania, which was  ...
Predrag Matvejević, Michael Henry Heim, 1999
10
Radicalism at Sea: Literary Pirates in "Emmanuel Appadocca" ...
In "Islomania? Insularity? The Myth of the Island in British Science Fiction," Paul Kincaid points out "two basic contrasting responses to the island in British science fiction. Islomania: the island as a dream state, the object of desire, the ideal; ...
Elizabeth Kelly, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ISLOMANIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term islomania is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Let's Do Some Cosmic Navel-Gazing
Photographer John Fowler, who took this shot, lists its other monikers: Cosmic Ashtray, Red Breaks Volcano, or Islomania Dome. As for how he took this shot, ... «io9, May 15»
2
Another Life: Why Ethna and I are confirmed islomaniacs
My islomania, as it's known, was planted by Robinson Crusoe and The Swiss Family Robinson, then nourished by the wild island sojourns of ... «Irish Times, May 14»
3
From the cover of Tove Jansson: Life, Art, Words. Source: Supplied
... trips during these years, to the myriad postage-stamp islands in the Gulf of Finland, and there Tove was furnished with her lifelong islomania, ... «The Australian, Apr 14»
4
Are You a Dromomaniac? -- The 10 Most Common Manias That …
Islomania: fixation on islands. Becomes more obvious after you've gallivanted through New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii and Japan, and have your ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»
5
McLean Fahnestock: Cut, Carve, Reconfigure
McLean has a solo show, titled "Islomania," opening on October 26th at Monte Vista Projects in Highland Park. "Islomania is the obsession with ... «Long Beach Post, Oct 13»
6
Fallout of nuclear blast from the past
So, too, is his preoccupation with islands - his ''islomania''. The title comes from an isolated and uninhabited archipelago off the coast of ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 12»
7
'Montebello' by Robert Drewe
Islomania came close to being my personal narrative,” he writes, by which it seems he means a certain weakness for circular stories, emotional ... «The Monthly, Oct 12»
8
Orkney Symphony Of The Magnetic North Amy Liptrot , May 2nd …
Lawrence Durrell coined the term 'islomania' to describe "a rare but by no means unknown affliction of the spirit" where people "find islands ... «The Quietus, May 12»
9
Gold & Youth Sign to Arts & Crafts
approved Islomania EP in 2010, but after losing trumpet player Douglas Hamilton-Evans, the trio decided to rebrand themselves Gold & Youth. «Exclaim!, Jan 12»
10
Guernsey hosts Art and Islands debate on 'Islomania'
Experts in the cultures of small islands came to Guernsey in June 2010 to examine the concept of 'Islomania' - the attraction of islands to the ... «BBC News, Jun 10»

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