Isle

  • 31isle — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French ile, isle, from Latin insula Date: 13th century island; especially islet 1 II. transitive verb (isled; isling) Date: circa 1576 1. to make an isle o …

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  • 32isle — [[t]a͟ɪl[/t]] isles N COUNT: oft in names An isle is an island; often used as part of an island s name, or in literary English. ...the paradise isle of Bali. ...the Isle of Man …

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  • 33Isle — Original name in latin Isle Name in other language Isla, Isle State code FR Continent/City Europe/Paris longitude 45.80272 latitude 1.21213 altitude 319 Population 8085 Date 2012 01 18 …

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  • 34isle n — We call our beach house Isle of View. Last summer we got a sailboat and named it Isle of View II …

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  • 35isle — UK [aɪl] / US noun [countable] Word forms isle : singular isle plural isles an island. This is used mainly in literature or in the name of a group of islands the British Isles …

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  • 36isle — [[t]aɪl[/t]] n. v. isled, isl•ing 1) geo a small island 2) geo any island 3) to make into or as if into an isle 4) to place on or as if on an isle • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME i(s) le < OF < L īnsula …

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  • 37isle — island, isle The two words are etymologically unconnected. Island is derived from an Old English word īgland, which is a combination of īg (itself meaning ‘island’) and land; isle is a reduced form of insula, the Latin word for ‘island’ …

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  • 38ISLE — abbr. ISLE OF CAPRIS CASINO NASDAQ …

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  • 39Isle — Sp Ìlis Ap Isle L u. ir g tė V Prancūzijoje …

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  • 40isle — n. poet. (and in place names) an island or peninsula, esp. a small one. Etymology: ME ile f. OF ile f. L insula: later ME & OF isle after L …

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