Wight

Examples

• All

• Oh, the Isle of Wight, obviously.

  Victoria & Abdul (2017)

• The giant grey walls topped with barbed wire surrounding HMP Isle of Wight's three sites, Parkhurst, Albany, and Camp Hill, do not exactly say "caring environment."

  Academic text (2011)

• Isle of Wight leads the way on using social workers in prison.

  Academic text (2011)

• This is the Isle of Wight.

  Caddyshack (1980)

• Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear

  Yellow Submarine (1968)

• Isle of Wight Festival, 1968.

  Another Year (2010)

• This project, led by GK and Aerospace and the Isle of Wight College, will benefit new and existing Island businesses.

• We're meeting up on the Isle of Wight for some undisturbed writing and carousing.

  Bright Star (2009)

• In the Isle of Wight, they sleep in the same room again because the hotel is overflowing, Granny says.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Every summer we can rent a cottage on the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear.

Synonyms

I

IOW

vsWight

1 8.7

An island off the south coast of England with beaches and small towns

is the full name written in normal words rather than an abbreviation

I

Isle of Wight

vsWight

1 3.9

An island county off the south coast of England with beaches and small towns

is the shorter traditional name used instead of the longer form

Compounds

I

Isle of Wight

1 3.9

An island county off the south coast of England with beaches and small towns

Surface Forms

Etymology