isle
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- noun
- /aɪl/
- Literature
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isla
- And she is British, from the Isle of Man and now living in Santa Barbara.
I was on the Isle of Wight with Zoe the girls.
- I was on the Isle of Wight with Zoe the girls.
- Yeah, I was, I was visiting the Isle of Man to talk to Poker Stars about AI.
- And within one day they moved Pat Tate to Swalside on the Isle of Sheppey.
- Now, my, my parents were originally born in England, moved up to the Isle of Mull.
- And, you know, we should mention one other continent, the Folari Isles, which some of the characters hail from.
- If you watch my vlog last week, you'll know that we've just been on a one week holiday to the Isle of Wight.
- For those of you who don't know, Black Gang China is a really retro like theme park in the Isle of Wight.
Examples
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Apparently the Isle of Anglesey is a very popular holiday destination.
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I hope we meet on that desert isle one day.
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Next up we have the Isle of Paradise.
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The distance across the turtle back of the isle is three miles.
Academic text (2003) -
It's one of the South Sea isles.
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On such a balmy summer day, on this Elysian isle, anything seemed possible.
Fiction book (1995) -
Hey Neil, just want to let you know I'm a big fan and I'm coming to you from the Isle of Malta.
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When will that day-star, mildly springing, warm our isle with peace and love?
Academic text (1991) -
Peering over, she saw, far below, the isles of Greece, dark lumps in a milk-white sea.
Fiction book (1991) -
As the sun set over the horizon, I dreamed of escaping to a tranquil isle surrounded by clear blue waters.
Synonyms
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An area surrounded by different things, like a patch of trees in a field
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A very small island often in a river or lake
An old word for an area of land surrounded by water
A small low island often with sand and palm trees in a tropical lagoon
Compounds
- Literature
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A poetic name for the island of Ireland covering both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
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An island in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland that governs itself and is famous for motorcycle races
A small plant from southern Europe with white flowers often grown in gardens but sometimes a weed
A national park on Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Michigan, known for wild nature, moose, wolves, and old iron mines
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Etymology
Isle comes from the Latin word insula, which means 'island', and it is the same root as the common word island. So, an isle is a small, often poetic 'island', a little green or rocky place in the sea that writers like to describe.