Isles

From the verb isle: (⇒ conjugate)

isles is: ⓘ

v 3rd person singular

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isle /aɪl/   n. [countable]

1. Geography a small island.
2. Geography any island.

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isle  (īl), n., v., isled, isl•ing. 
n. 

1. Geography a small island.
2. Geography any island.

v.t. 

3. to make into or as if into an isle.
4. to place on or as if on an isle.

• Latin īnsula
• Old French
• Middle English i(s)le 1250–1300

isle′less, adj. 

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isle / aɪl/ noun

1. an island, esp a small one: used in literature and (when cap.) in place names

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French isle, from Latin insula island