An isle is an

island An island or isle is a piece of land, distinct from a continent, completely surrounded by water. There are continental islands, which were formed by being split from a continent by plate tectonics, and oceanic islands, which have never been ...

, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in

British English British English is the set of Variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United Kingdom, especially Great Britain. More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in England, or, more broadly, to ...

. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered

synonyms A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...

. Isle may refer to:

Geography

Isle (river) The Isle (; ) is a long river in south-western France, right tributary of the Dordogne. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central, near the town Nexon (south of Limoges). It flows south-west through the following ''départements'' and t ...

, a river in France *

Isle, Haute-Vienne Isle (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. As of 2019, Isle is the fifth commune of the department (by population), after Limoges, Saint-Junien, Panazol and Couzeix. Populati ...

, a commune of the Haute-Vienne ''département'' in France *

Isle, Minnesota Isle is a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 803 at the 2020 census, up from 751 in 2010. History A post office called Isle has been in operation since 1896. The city was named for the island near its har ...

, a small city in the United States *

River Isle The River Isle (also known as the River Ile) flows from its source near Combe St Nicholas, through Somerset, England and discharges into the River Parrett south of Langport near Midelney. Several small springs merge into the river near Wa ...

, a river in England

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment'' (or ''ISLE''), a journal published by Oxford University Press for the

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), also known as ASLE-USA, is the principal professional association for American and international scholars of ecocriticism and environmental humanities. It was founded in 1992 at ...

*''The Isle'', 2017 film with

Conleth Hill Conleth Seamus Eoin Croiston Hill (born 24 November 1964) is a Northern Irish actor. He has performed on stage in productions in the UK, Ireland, Canada and the US. He has won two Laurence Olivier Awards and received two Tony Award nominations. ...

* ''

The Isle ''The Isle'' is a 2000 South Korean film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk, his fourth film, and the first to receive wide international acclaim for his now recognizable style. The film has gained notoriety for gruesome scenes that caused some v ...

'', a 2000 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk * ''Isle'' (album)

Other uses

International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE) The International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE), founded in 2008, is a learned society of linguists. The organization's goals are to promote the study of the English Language at an international level, with a particular focus on the ...

, a learned society of linguists

Geography

Arts, entertainment, and media

Other uses

See also