Isle Definition

īl
noun
An island, esp., a small island.
Webster's New World

Obsolete form of aisle.

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Noun

Singular:
isle
Plural:
isles

Origin of Isle

  • Middle English ile from Old French isle from Vulgar Latin īsula from Latin īnsula

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, from Old French isle, from Latin insula

    From Wiktionary

Isle Sentence Examples

  • It is found also in the Isle of Pines, and in the New Hebrides.

  • He reduced Vectis (Isle of Wight) and penetrated to the borders of Somersetshire.

  • With this apparatus some of Marconi's earliest successes, such as telegraphing across the English Channel, were achieved, and telegraphic communication at the rate of fifteen words or so a minute established between the East Goodwin lightship and the South Foreland lighthouse, also between the Isle of Wight and the Lizard in Cornwall.

  • In 1908 the output of limestone was valued at $20,731; there are limestone quarries in Washington and Orange counties and on Isle La Motte.

  • In the Isle of Man it is styled Mauthe Doog.

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Words Starting With

IISISL

Words Ending With

ELESLE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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