Where does "Sound" from "Long Island Sound" come from ?

Question

Is there an Historical reason?

A Geographical / Geological Reason?

I dig internet since a while without any answer (I've stop asking people from LI since a while :-).

Answer 1

A sound in this sense is a narrow channel usually between an island and the mainland. Probably from Middle English.

Answer 2

One of the meanings of the word Sound is - a long stretch of water seperating the land from from either an off-shore land mass, such as an island, or a channel whereby the ocean encroaches into the mainland.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

A sound is a geographical term, same with Puget Sound in WA.

Answer 5

The word is a geographical term.

Glossary of Geographic Terms

sound

A sound is a wide inlet of the sea or ocean that is parallel to the coastline; it often separates a coastline from a nearby island.

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Sound -

A long, relatively wide body of water, larger than a strait or a channel, connecting larger bodies of water.

A long, wide ocean inlet.