アイランド or 島 when translating an island name from English? There's an island called Bainbridge Island near me. I'm wondering if it would make sense to translate "Island" as , or if it would be better to translate it to katakana directly. Which is the better translation or should it differ based on the context? or .

Net searching shows that both are used.

The Wikipedia entry quoted below suggests that the name of the island is , and the name of the city (or town) is .

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