About sky island names
Bird names drift through these results, with "l'Îlot de Faucon" and "Peacock Island" beside calmer entries like "Ataraxia Island". A few minimal one word results work when the floating rock is the only one anyone knows. Scatter several across a vertical map and reserve the French forms for islands claimed by an older sky faring culture.
How sky island names are built
Sky island names are French: a small island word, l'Île or l'Îlot, joins a de phrase, producing L'Île de Tempête and L'Îlot de Ventis, with the article eliding before a vowel as in L'Île d'Aurore. The de phrases carry the sky flavour: birds, storms and heights (Harpie, Orage, Sommet).
L'Îlot de Ventis
l'Îlot (French island word) + de Ventis (de phrase)
L'Île d'Aurore
l'Île (French island word) + d'Aurore (de phrase, elided)
L'Île de Volar
l'Île (French island word) + de Volar (de phrase)
Naming notes
A 3-entry bank holds the French island words (l'Île, l'Îlot) and a 113-entry bank the de phrases, so the second slot carries nearly all the variety. Use l'Îlot forms for minor drifting rocks and l'Île de forms for a named sky-realm's home island.
Questions about sky island names
- What form do sky island names take?
- A French island word plus a de phrase (L'Île de Tempête, L'Îlot de Vortex), with the article eliding before a vowel (L'Île d'Orage).
- Can the set cover big and small islands?
- Yes. The two island words split the scale: l'Île suits a vast floating landmass and l'Îlot a small drifting rock.
- Which banks feed the French forms?
- A 3-entry island-word bank (l'Île, l'Îlot) joined to a 113-entry de-phrase bank (de Volar, de Faucon).