Thanet

Than·et

[than-it]
noun
1.
Oc·tave [ok-tiv, -teyv] pen name of Alice French.
2.
an island in SE England, forming the NE tip of Kent county. 42 sq. mi. (109 sq. km).
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Thanet (ˈθænɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
Isle of Thanet an island in SE England, in NE Kent, separated from the mainland by two branches of the River Stour: scene of many Norse invasions. Area: 109 sq km (42 sq miles)

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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