Channel Islands
- IPA[ˈtʃanl ˌʌɪlən(d)z]
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- a group of islands in the English Channel off the north-western coast of France, of which the largest are Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney; population 164,000 (estimated 2015). Formerly part of the dukedom of Normandy, they have owed allegiance to England since the Norman Conquest in 1066, and are now classed as Crown dependencies.