isle

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An island, especially a small one (often used in poetry or place names)

   They sailed to a remote isle off the coast.

From Middle English ile, yle (with s added, similar to English island), borrowed from Old French ille, idle, isle, from Latin insula. Not related to island. Doublet of insula.

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