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isle definition

isle (īl)

noun

an island, esp., a small island: poetic except as part of a place name

Etymology: ME ile < OFr ile, earlier isle < ML isla, contr. < L insula < ? (terra) in salo, (land) in the sea < salum, sea: the form isle became general in the Renaissance, infl. by L insula

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