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island country

state whose primary territory consists of one or more islands or parts of islands
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Summary

island country is an administrative territorial entity type[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of administrative territorial entity type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,862 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: state[3], country[4], 有人島[5]
  • Commons category: Island countries[6]
  • Opposite of: landlocked country[7]
  • Has part(s): island[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Island countries[9]
  • Different from: maritime nation[10]
  • Has list: list of island countries[11]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Q20481591[12]

Why It Matters

island country has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). island country. Retrieved October 14, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/island-country
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_island-country_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{island country}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/island-country}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-14}}
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  1. 6d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 100
    Different from → maritime nation
    Opposite of → landlocked country
    Instance of → —
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ Topic's main category: Category:Island countries, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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