An isle is an
island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in
British English
British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, "English language, English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere". More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in ...
. 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 exactly 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 all ...
.
Isle may refer to:
Geography
*
Isle (river), a river in France
*
Isle, Haute-Vienne, a commune of the Haute-Vienne ''département'' in France
*
Isle, Minnesota, a small city in the United States
*
River Isle, 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 Isle'', 2017 film with
Conleth Hill
* ''
The Isle'', a 2000 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-duk
*
''Isle'' (album)
Other uses
*
International Society for the Linguistics of English (ISLE), a learned society of linguists
See also
*
Aisle
An aisle is, in general, a space for walking with rows of non-walking spaces on both sides. Aisles with seating on both sides can be seen in airplanes, certain types of buildings, such as churches, cathedrals, synagogues, meeting halls, parl ...
, a space for walking, e.g., in a church, classroom, theatre, supermarket, etc.
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Isles (disambiguation)
Isles may refer to:
Places
*British Isles, often referred to as "the Isles"
*Kingdom of the Isles, a medieval realm comprising the Hebrides, the islands of the Firth of Clyde, and the Isle of Man
People
* Carlin Isles (born 1989), American rugby ...
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