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Channel Island   /tʃˈænəl ˈaɪlənd/   Listen
Channel Island

noun
1.
Any of a group of British islands in the English Channel off the northern coast of France.





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"Channel island" Quotes from Famous Books



... the afternoon we saw two sail in the Strait of Sunda; one lying at anchor near the Mid-channel Island, the other nearer the Java shore. Not knowing to what nation they might belong, we cleared our ships for action; and at six came to an anchor in twenty-five fathoms, four miles E. by S. from North Island. Here we lay all night, and had very heavy thunder and lightning ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 • Robert Kerr


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