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isle

noun
YL/aɪ̯l/

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Often confused with aisle

2 meanings of isle

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A piece of land with water all around it, usually a very small one.

    We paddled our canoe out to a tiny isle in the middle of the lake.

    A lighthouse stands alone on the little isle.

    Similarisland, islet

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  2. 2
    nounobsolete
    Obsolete spelling of aisle. Today people spell this word aisle.
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Origin

From Old French isle, from Latin insula. It is not related to the word island.