Islands
- Alameda Island ("Poplar Grove")
- Alcatraz (from: Alcatraz "pelican")
- Año Nuevo Island ("New Year" Island)
- Boca Chica Key ("Small Mouth" Key)
- Farallon Islands (from: Farallones "High Cliffs")
- Key West (Anglicized from Cayo Hueso: "Bone Cay")
- Key Largo ("Wide Key")
- Perdido Key ("Lost Key")
- Santa Rosa Island, California
- Santa Rosa Island, Florida ("St. Rose" Island)
Read more about this topic: List Of U.S. Place Names Of Spanish Origin
Famous quotes containing the word islands:
“we are so many
and many within themselves
travel to far islands but no one
asks for their story....”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)
“What are the islands to me
if you are lost
what is Naxos, Tinos, Andros,
and Delos, the clasp
of the white necklace?”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)