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isle
/aɪ̯l/
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What does isle mean?
noun
- An island, usually very small. Compare with islet.
proper noun
- A minor city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States.
- A commune near Limoges, Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.
- A river in southwestern France, which flows into the Dordogne.
noun
- (obsolete) Obsolete spelling of aisle.
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IPA pronunciation
/aɪ̯l/
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He besought me, therefore, to leave my solitary isle and to meet him at Perth, that we might proceed southwards together.
In that isle groweth mastick on small trees, and out of them cometh gum as it were of plum-trees or of cherry-trees.
More book examples (3)
Then away we go to an island fair, We know not where, and we don't much care, Wherever that isle may be.
Our collections, however, contain pieces of trunks of palm-trees, enclosed and penetrated by the very liquid lava of the isle of Bourbon.
Another island, of a larger compass, on account of the vast number of birds which were upon it, was called Bird Isle.