south island

1. 1.

   the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait

   Broaderisland

   Part ofNew Zealand

Questions about south island

What does south island mean?

south island means "the larger but less populous of two main islands of New Zealand; separated from North Island by Cook Strait".

Is south island a common word?

south 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.