1.
[syn: isle, islet]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.]
See Aisle.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala.
Cf. Insulate.]
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1. An island. [Poetic]
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Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton.
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2. (Zool.) A spot within another of a different color, as
upon the wings of some insects.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Isle \Isle\, v. t.
To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround
or encompass; to island. [Poetic]
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Isled in sudden seas of light. --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
isle
n 1: a small island [syn: isle, islet]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "isle":
ait, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, continental island, coral head,
coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group,
islandology, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbar
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):
Isle, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 707
Housing Units (2000): 414
Land area (2000): 2.104090 sq. miles (5.449567 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.439577 sq. miles (1.138500 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.543667 sq. miles (6.588067 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31472
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.140666 N, 93.466735 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56342
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Isle, MN
Isle