north island

1. 1.

   the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait

   Broaderisland

   Part ofNew Zealand

Questions about north island

What does north island mean?

north island means "the smaller but more populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from South Island by Cook Strait".

Is north island a common word?

north island is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.