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isle

Pronunciation: /ʌɪl/

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Definition of isle

noun

chiefly literary
  • an island or peninsula, especially a small one:Crusoe’s fabled isle [in place names]:the British Isles

Origin:

Middle English ile, from Old French, from Latin insula. The spelling with s (also in 15th-century French) is influenced by Latin

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