isle
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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