plural isles
: island
Pacific isles
Steering with due course toward the isle of Rhodes …—
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
especially
: a small island : islet
I once lived on the … island of Antiparos, a tiny isle behind Paros. —Emily Prager
Emily Prager Islay is a small Hebridean isle, some 25 miles in length, with a population of less than 4,000, yet it boasts eight of the oldest and most famous distilleries in Scotland. —Henry Shukman
Henry Shukman
isled; isling
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Noun
the Australian seas are rife with uninhabited isles
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Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Along with other kids, Uma embarks on a mission to release the prisoners on the isle once and for all in this 2017 sequel.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
In part owing to this wild abundance, Bougainville and its neighboring isles have enticed a succession of fair-skinned cads, colonizers, and crazies.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
When the barrier between the isle and the kingdom is threatened, Mal and the rest of the villainous offspring band together to save everyone.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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The nearby private isle of Ambergris Cay, meanwhile, now has a handful of one- and two-bedroom beachfront bungalows and will debut a 10-bedroom beachfront villa in 2025 that will be perfect for group getaways.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Along with other kids, Uma embarks on a mission to release the prisoners on the isle once and for all in this 2017 sequel.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
In part owing to this wild abundance, Bougainville and its neighboring isles have enticed a succession of fair-skinned cads, colonizers, and crazies.
—Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
When the barrier between the isle and the kingdom is threatened, Mal and the rest of the villainous offspring band together to save everyone.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Isle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/isle. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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