Isle

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.]
     See {Aisle}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  isle
       n : a small island [syn: {islet}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Isle, MN (city, FIPS 31472)
    Location: 46.14221 N, 93.46042 W
    Population (1990): 566 (408 housing units)
    Area: 5.3 sq km (land), 1.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 56342

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  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