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Isle of Wight

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Isle of Wight
n
(Placename) See (Isle of) Wight
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Noun1.Isle of Wight - an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
Wight
county - (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"
British Isles - Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic
English Channel - an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain


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It is about one third as large as the Isle of Wight, and extremely fruitful: it is governed by the head of a certain tribe, who are all magicians.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
--Do you know, we asked her last night which way she would go to get to Ireland; and she said, she should cross to the Isle of Wight.
Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane View in context
In a villa on the westward shore of the Isle of Wight, the glass doors which lead from the drawing-room to the garden are yet open.
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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