I once lived on the … island of Antiparos, a tiny isle behind Paros. Emily Prager
Islay is a small Hebridean isle, some 25 miles in length, with a population of less than 4,000, yet it boasts eight of the oldest and most famous distilleries in Scotland. Henry Shukman
Noun the Australian seas are rife with uninhabited isles
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The wave of another magic wand passes over Prospero’s enchanted isle, courtesy of a real magician — the redoubtable Teller, of Penn and Teller renown. Peter Marks, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 Loggerheads were first found nesting in Lousiana's Grand isle in 2015, marking the first time in more than 30 years that sea turtles were nesting along the state's coast. Li Cohen, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2022 Positioned on the isle of San Pietro in Sardinia, Carloforte was founded by the families of coral fishers from a Ligurian town of Genoa in the 18th century. Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022 And, despite the lush landscape and exotic avian population, the local lore on this foggy isle is disquieting. Tom Nolan, WSJ, 22 July 2022 That preoccupation with water has now become critical as severe drought grips California and its Channel Islands — a rugged, eight-isle archipelago that hosts several human outposts and a handful of species that exist nowhere else on Earth.Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022 Below, Missoni’s travel tips for the under-the-radar Greek isle. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022 Loyola Marymount University’s summer-long Shakespeare on the Bluff festival continues with the Bard’s fantastical fable about a deposed duke and his young daughter stranded on a magical isle.Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 The three-week race has two more stages in Denmark this weekend, including crossing the Great Belt Bridge that links the Zealand island, where Copenhagen sits and the central isle of Funen. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 1 July 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French ile, isle, from Latin insula