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Meanings of isle in английском

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A land mass, especially one smaller than a continent, entirely surrounded by water.

        португальский
        ilhota
        каталонский
        illot

        A small island.

              ilhota
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              Examples for "island"
              Examples for "island"
              1
              Commissioner Northern Uraia Rainima said the island had great potential for development.
              Radio NZ
              2
              The Cuban government has so far confirmed ten cases on the island.
              Reuters
              3
              However, consumers seeking to book a tropical-island adventure will have no problem.
              Wired
              4
              The programme will recognise innovation by financial services companies across the island.
              The Irish Times
              5
              Today the divers continued their work in the water off the island.
              Radio NZ
              Usage of isle in английском
              1
              Such were the events that passed in the isle of St. Louis.
              Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 / Undertaken by Order o...
              2
              And in this isle is the mount Athos, that passeth the clouds.
              The Travels of Sir John Mandeville
              3
              Gwen envied Rhys's wandering; Rhys envied Gwen's home on the sacred isle.
              The grail king
              4
              He sat in Parliament as Lord Mountjoy of the isle of Wight.
              The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1
              5
              St. Conon died in the isle of Man, about the year 648.
              The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. J...
              6
              And where there is travel on this fair isle, congestion inevitably follows.
              The Irish Times
              7
              For in those days forest land spread widely over the English isle.
              Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 04 (of 15), English
              8
              The face of the isle was changed, the desert became a garden.
              In Troubadour-Land: A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc
              9
              Yet this seemed an isle in some vague fashion familiar to me.
              Henry Brocken / His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange,...
              10
              The isle of Alan Ernescliffe's burial-place had now many Christians in it.
              The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain
              11
              Jarl hailed from the isle of Skye, one of the constellated Hebrides.
              Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
              12
              This, the maxim illustrated respecting the isle toward which we were sailing.
              Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
              13
              Napoleon grew very weary of his inaction on the isle of Elba.
              Heroes of Modern Europe
              14
              Now 'twas the governor of the isle, King Edward's lieutenant, John Wogan.
              The irish warrior
              15
              The gean isle occupied by Mr. Phoebus was of no inconsiderable dimensions.
              Lothair
              16
              Never had the sea disgorged upon that fairy isle such ghastly specters.
              Foul Play
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              Translations for isle
              португальский
              ilhotailhotasilha
              каталонский
              illot
              Isle through the time
              Isle across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common