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Islay

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Is·lay  (l, l)
An island of the southern Inner Hebrides of western Scotland. Farming, fishing, and distilling are important to its economy.

Islay [ˈaɪlə ˈaɪleɪ]
n
(Placename) an island off the W coast of Scotland: the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides; separated from the island of Jura by the Sound of Islay. Pop.: 3500 (latest est.). Area: 606 sq. km (234 sq. miles)
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Noun1.Islayislay - California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
wild plum, wild plum tree - an uncultivated plum tree or shrub
2.Islay - an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides
Inner Hebrides - islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland


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com describes the Islay single malt whisky "Benedict XVI: Habemus Cerevisium Distillatum," filled into a finishing cask on the first day of the conclave and offered by the Regensburg (Germany) Whisky Club.
Islay Rodriguez, * Carmen Fernandez, * Marina Cinco, ([dagger]), Rodobaldo Pedroso, [(double dagger]), and Omar Fuentes *
In November, they commissioned as the world's first commercial wave-power station a device they built into the rocky west coast of the Scottish island Islay.
 
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