traffic island

noun

: island sense 2a

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Minutes after her last call to her sisters, Trent crashed her car into a concrete traffic island, dying at the scene. — Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 And Memorial Circle is no empty traffic island. — Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 6 May 2026 With the old stadium headed for demolition, it was placed on a grassy traffic island at the foot of a Manhattan exit ramp — a lonely greeter, to a mostly empty island. — John Branch, New York Times, 2 May 2024 The artwork is positioned on a traffic island in Pall Mall, in Westminster, one of London's most prestigious areas. — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for traffic island

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of traffic island was in 1911

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“Traffic island.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traffic%20island. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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