American Dictionary of the English Language

I'ELAND, noun i'land. [Latin aqua, and land. This is the genuine English word, always used in discourse, but for which is used island, an absurd compound of Fr.isle and land, which signifies land in water-land, or rather ieland-land.]

1. A portion of land surrounded by water; as Bermuda, Barbadoes, Cuba, Great Britain, Borneo.

2. A large mass of floating ice.