one of the islands of Holland, bounded by the river Maes, which divides it from the continent and the island of IJsselmeere, on the north; by the sea called the Bies-bosch, on the east; by another branch of the Maes, which divides it from the islands of Gorée and Overflakkee, on the south; and by the German sea, on the west; being about twenty-four miles long, and five broad.