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ait
(ait)
Pronunciation:
/eɪt/
(also
eyot
)
noun
[
in place names
]
British
a small island in a river:
Raven’s Ait
Origin:
Old English
iggath
,
īgeth
, based on
īeg
'island' + a diminutive suffix
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