"island" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Both islands were ceded by New York to the federal government in 1800.
- The two islands returned to the Church's control but were soon ceded again.
- On 21 September 1667 the island was formally ceded by the royal troops to the new governor.
- Some smaller islands were ceded to other European powers as a result of war, or diplomatic agreements during the 17th and 18th centuries.
- In the Treaty of Peace in 1947, the islands were ceded to Greece.
- While the island had officially been ceded to Norway in the 1920s, that country fell under German occupation in 1940.
- The Japanese government argues that the islands were not ceded by this treaty.
- After two centuries, the abandoned island was ceded to the Carthusians, the previous religious edifice being restored from 1490 to 1505.
- The island was ceded to the Soviet Union and the monastery fell into disrepair.
- Paulet claimed that the islands were voluntarily ceded.
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