isle /aɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin insula 'island' ]
a word for an island, used in poetry or in names of islands:
the British Isles
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THESAURUS
▪ island a piece of land completely surrounded by water:
We visited the Greek island of Kos.
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In the centre of a lake is a small island.
▪ isle an island – used in poetry or in names of islands:
The horse carried him to the windswept isle of Bujan.
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It is the most southerly point in the British Isles.
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the Windward Isles
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the Isle of Wight
▪ peninsula a piece of land almost completely surrounded by water but joined to a large area of land:
There is a coastal path around the peninsula.
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the Korean peninsula
▪ archipelago a group of small islands that are in a line:
He lives on an island at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago.