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isle

[ahyl]

noun, verb, isled, isl⋅ing.

–noun

1.	a small island.

2.	any island.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to make into or as if into an isle.

4.	to place on or as if on an isle.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME i(s)le < OF < L īnsula

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Language Translation for : isle

Spanish:

isla,

German:

die Insel,

Japanese:

島

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isle (īl) Pronunciation Key
n. Abbr. I.
An island, especially a small one.

[Middle English ile, from Old French isle, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula.]

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isle

c.1290, from O.Fr. ile, earlier isle, from L. insula "island," of uncertain origin, perhaps from fem. of adj. *en-salos "in the sea," from salum "sea." The -s- was restored first in M.Fr., then in Eng. in the late 1500s. Dim. form islet is first recorded 1538, from M.Fr. islette.

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isle
noun
a small island

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Isle La Motte, VT Zip code(s): 05463

Isle Au Haut, ME Zip code(s): 04645

Ocean Isle Beach, NC (town, FIPS 48700) Location: 33.89254 N, 78.43223 W
Population (1990): 523 (1915 housing units)
Area: 6.5 sq km (land), 2.4 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28469

Isle Of Palms, SC Zip code(s): 29451

Isle Saint Georg, OH Zip code(s): 43436

Isle of Palms, SC (city, FIPS 36115) Location: 32.80135 N, 79.75730 W
Population (1990): 3680 (3063 housing units)
Area: 11.6 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water)

Sea Isle City, NJ (city, FIPS 66390) Location: 39.15241 N, 74.69784 W
Population (1990): 2692 (5991 housing units)
Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)

Grand Isle County, VT (county, FIPS 13) Location: 44.79537 N, 73.29095 W
Population (1990): 5318 (4135 housing units)
Area: 214.0 sq km (land), 290.2 sq km (water)

Presque Isle County, MI (county, FIPS 141) Location: 45.32161 N, 83.45860 W
Population (1990): 13743 (8917 housing units)
Area: 1709.5 sq km (land), 4955.1 sq km (water)

Isle of Wight County, VA (county, FIPS 93) Location: 36.90704 N, 76.71121 W
Population (1990): 25053 (9753 housing units)
Area: 818.2 sq km (land), 121.5 sq km (water)

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

Isle Of Hope-Dutch Island, GA (CDP, FIPS 41487) Location: 31.98550 N, 81.05286 W
Population (1990): 2637 (997 housing units)
Area: 4.9 sq km (land), 0.5 sq km (water)

Green Isle, MN (city, FIPS 25658) Location: 44.67815 N, 94.00619 W
Population (1990): 239 (109 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 55338

Grand Isle, VT Zip code(s): 05458

Grand Isle, ME Zip code(s): 04746

Grand Isle, LA (town, FIPS 30830) Location: 29.20985 N, 90.03279 W
Population (1990): 1455 (1976 housing units)
Area: 15.9 sq km (land), 4.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 70358

Emerald Isle, NC (town, FIPS 21160) Location: 34.66642 N, 77.02918 W
Population (1990): 2434 (4574 housing units)
Area: 13.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 28594

Presque Isle, PA Zip code(s): 16505

Presque Isle, ME (city, FIPS 60825) Location: 46.68604 N, 67.98730 W
Population (1990): 10550 (4411 housing units)
Area: 196.2 sq km (land), 4.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 04769

Deer Isle, ME Zip code(s): 04627

Eden Isle, LA (CDP, FIPS 22722) Location: 30.22829 N, 89.79871 W
Population (1990): 3768 (2053 housing units)
Area: 9.5 sq km (land), 1.6 sq km (water)

Belle Isle, FL (city, FIPS 5300) Location: 28.47013 N, 81.35034 W
Population (1990): 5272 (2114 housing units)
Area: 4.8 sq km (land), 7.0 sq km (water)

Little Deer Isle, ME Zip code(s): 04650

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Isle

Ile\, n. [See Isle.] An isle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Isle

In"su*lar\, a. [L. insularis, fr. insula island: cf. F. insulaire. See Isle.]

1. Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.

2. Of or pertaining to the people of an island; narrow; circumscribed; illiberal; contracted; as, insular habits, opinions, or prejudices.

The penury of insular conversation. --Johnson.

Isle

In"su*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulating.] [L. insulatus insulated, fr. insula island. See Isle, and cf. Isolate.]

1. To make an island of. [Obs.] --Pennant.

2. To place in a detached situation, or in a state having no communication with surrounding objects; to isolate; to separate.

3. (Elec. & Thermotics) To prevent the transfer o? electricity or heat to or from (bodies) by the interposition of nonconductors.

Insulating stool (Elec.), a stool with legs of glass or some other nonconductor of electricity, used for insulating a person or any object placed upon it.

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