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isle  (l)
n. Abbr. I.
An island, especially a small one.

[Middle English ile, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *sula, from Latin nsula.]

isle [aɪl]
n
Poetic except when cap. and part of place name an island, esp a small one
[from Old French isle, from Latin insula island]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.isleisle - a small island                      
Translations
isle [aɪl] N (= poet) → isla f

isle [ˈaɪl] nîle f
Isle of Man n
the Isle of Man → l'île f de Man
Isle of Wight n
the Isle of Wight → l'île f de Wight

isle
n (poet)Eiland nt (poet); the Isle of Mandie Insel Man

isle [aɪl] n (liter) → isola
isle [aɪl] n (liter) → isola

isle
n isle [ail]
(used mostly in place-names) an island the Isle of Wight. eiland جَزيرَه остров ostrov ø die Insel νήσος isla saar جزیره کوچک saari île אִי टापू otok sziget pulau eyja isola 작은 섬 sala sala kepulauan eiland øy wyspa ilha insulă остров ostrov otok ostrvo ö เกาะ adacık острів جزیرہ hòn đảo


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The author embarks with the patriarch, narrowly escapes shipwreck near the isle of Socotora; enters the Arabian Gulf, and the Red Sea.
But sad though everybody was, the Prince of the Golden Isle was perfectly inconsolable, and he passed both days and nights in bemoaning his loss.
And thus thy memory is to me Like some enchanted far-off isle In some tumultuos sea -- Some ocean throbbing far and free With storms -- but where meanwhile Serenest skies continually Just o're that one bright island smile.
 
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