as in island
a fairly small area of land completely surrounded by water
the Australian seas are rife with uninhabited isles
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The Winner Island of Hawaii The Big Island finally reclaimed the top spot on this list after a two-year hiatus, and with all this isle has to offer, that’s no surprise.
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Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
From secret surf stashes on the Pacific to untouched Caribbean isles—plus all the volcanoes and colonial plazas in between—Nicaragua has the makings of a sporting paradise.
—David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
And in dealing with Russia, Abe has already made concerted efforts to resolve the dispute over the Northern Territories (which Russia refers to as the South Kuril Islands), tacitly floating the idea that Japan would consider ceding sovereignty over the largest of the isles.
—J. Berkshire Miller, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2013
The bright and airy space takes its blue-and-white interior cues from the Cycladic style of the Grecian isle.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
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Lila Harron Battis, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
From secret surf stashes on the Pacific to untouched Caribbean isles—plus all the volcanoes and colonial plazas in between—Nicaragua has the makings of a sporting paradise.
—David Ewing Duncan, Outside Online, 17 May 2022
And in dealing with Russia, Abe has already made concerted efforts to resolve the dispute over the Northern Territories (which Russia refers to as the South Kuril Islands), tacitly floating the idea that Japan would consider ceding sovereignty over the largest of the isles.
—J. Berkshire Miller, Foreign Affairs, 21 Jan. 2013
The bright and airy space takes its blue-and-white interior cues from the Cycladic style of the Grecian isle.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Isle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/isle. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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