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Definition: Isle |
IsleNoun1. A small island. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "isle" was first used: sometime around 1225. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Isle is a city located in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 707.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6 km² (2.5 mi²). 5.4 km² (2.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.1 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 17.32% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 707 people, 323 households, and 198 families residing in the city. The population density is 130.0/km² (336.0/mi²). There are 414 housing units at an average density of 76.1/km² (196.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 87.13% White, 0.00% African American, 11.74% Native American, 0.14% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.99% from two or more races. 0.42% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 323 households out of which 23.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.4% are married couples living together, 10.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 38.4% are non-families. 35.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 21.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.19 and the average family size is 2.81. In the city the population is spread out with 22.2% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 21.4% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 24.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 91.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 87.1 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,375, and the median income for a family is $37,250. Males have a median income of $27,083 versus $21,731 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,609. 5.6% of the population and 3.2% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 2.8% are under the age of 18 and 9.4% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Isle, Minnesota."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ISLE | English | Institute of Sociology of Law for Europe | Law, Social Sciences |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: IsleSynonym: islet (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Island | Noun: island, isle, islet, eyot, ait, holf, reef, atoll, breaker; archipelago; islander. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Isle |
| English words defined with "isle": Ait, Atlantean ♦ Deemster ♦ Gael ♦ Ile ♦ Lemnian, Limbat ♦ Manks, Manx, Manx cat, Manx shearwater ♦ Parian chronicle, Portland stone, Purbeck stone ♦ Sheading, Skerry, Solent ♦ the Solent ♦ Yle. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "isle": Albion the Giant ♦ Blind Department, Blind old Man of Scio's rocky Isle ♦ Calypso's Isle ♦ Forgive, blest Shade, Friar Tuck ♦ Garvies ♦ Holy Isle, Hypocrites' Isle ♦ Isle of Dogs, Isle of Lanterns, Isle of Mist ♦ Keys ♦ Long Words ♦ Mauthe Dog, Morgue la Faye, Mourne herring ♦ PATRICK, Pentapolin, Portland limestone ♦ Railways, Rolandseck Tower ♦ Sacred Isle, Sancho Panza, Sea-girt Isle, SKY FARMERS, Skye, Speaking Heads ♦ Ullin ♦ Wall, Water Tasting like Wine ♦ Yumboes. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "isle": Yle. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | We haven't been down this isle, it's pink (Toy Story 2; writing credit: John Lasseter; Peter Docter) Or I will teach you that a daughter of the holy isle is a servant of no man. (The Mists of Avalon; writing credit: Marion Zimmer Bradley; Gavin Scott) I am the official sentry of the Isle of Misfit toys (Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer; writing credit: Robert May; Romeo Muller) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Isle of Love (1974) Garden Isle (1973) Isle of Caprice (1969) The Isle Is Full of Noise (1967) Treasure Isle (1967) | |
Song Titles | Isle Thing (performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) | |
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![]() | Signal at Isle Chandeleur Party off of BACHE. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Father and son fishing off the Isle of Palms Causeway. Credit: Fisheries. |
![]() | Casting net for bait mullet off the Isle of Palms Causeway. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | At the bottom of the crater on the Isle of Corvo, Azores. Plate VII, print 8. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Isle Royale National Park. Credit: NPS. | ![]() | U.S. Army Air Force. Debarkation Hospital, Presque Isle, Maine : Aerial view. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Aground on the Isle of Wight, circa 1 February 1919. She was stranded while en route to Southampton, England, during post-World War I transport operations. In the distance is the British troopship Empress Queen, which was also aground. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Stranded on Bembridge Ledge, Isle of Wight, circa early February 1919. She had gone aground while en route to Southampton, England, during post-World War I transport operations, and was later refloated and returned to service. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Richmond, Va. Railroad bridge and Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works on Belle Isle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Newtown Creek" by Mike Ambrose Commentary: "Newtown Creek ,Isle of Wight." | "Resistance" by Marc Habermacher Commentary: "Forest fire 2003 on isle Hvar, Croatia." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WALL :STREET:, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves every unsuccessful thief in place of a hope in Heaven. Even the great and good Andrew Carnegie has made his profession of faith in the matter. Carnegie the dauntless has uttered his call To battle: "The brokers are parasites all!" Carnegie, Carnegie, you'll never prevail; Keep the wind of your slogan to belly your sail, Go back to your isle of perpetual brume, Silence your pibroch, doff tartan and plume: Ben Lomond is calling his son from the fray -- Fly, fly from the region of Wall Street away! While still you're possessed of a single baubee (I wish it were pledged to endowment of me) 'Twere wise to retreat from the wars of finance Lest its value decline ere your credit advance. For a man 'twixt a king of finance and the sea, Carnegie, Carnegie, your tongue is too free! Anonymus Bink |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | From a desire also to remove the discontents of the Six nations, a settlement mediated at Presque Isle, on Lake Erie, has been suspended, and an agent is now endeavoring to rectify any misconception into which they may have fallen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Isle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 86.71% of the time. "Isle" is used about 1,361 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 86.71% | 1,180 | 6,546 |
| Noun (singular) | 13.29% | 181 | 22,953 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,361 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "isle" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Isle | Last name | 170 | 51,222 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "isle". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Aiah | N/A | Biblical | An isle |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Isle, MN (city, FIPS 31472) |
Expressions using "isle": Belle Isle ♦ Belle Isle cress ♦ Deer Isle ♦ Eden Isle ♦ Emerald Isle ♦ Grand Isle ♦ Grand Isle County ♦ Green Isle ♦ Isle Au Haut ♦ Isle La Motte ♦ Isle of Man ♦ Isle Of Palms ♦ isle of wight ♦ Isle of Wight County ♦ Isle Royal National Park ♦ Isle Saint Georg ♦ Little Deer Isle ♦ Ocean Isle Beach ♦ Presque Isle ♦ Presque Isle County ♦ safety isle ♦ Sea Isle City ♦ the british isle ♦ the emerald isle. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "isle": Belle-isle. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
emerald isle north carolina | 977 | isle of skye | 156 |
emerald isle | 790 | grand isle la | 151 |
isle of capri | 786 | black isle | 150 |
isle of palm | 694 | grand isle louisiana | 144 |
isle of man | 599 | grosse isle mi | 135 |
isle of capri casino | 551 | isle | 126 |
sea isle city nj | 550 | black isle studio | 112 |
isle of wight | 377 | isle of capri italy | 108 |
ocean isle beach north carolina | 361 | ocean isle north carolina | 106 |
ocean isle beach | 284 | isle of palm south carolina | 105 |
presque isle maine | 274 | british isle | 97 |
isle of palm sc | 262 | holiday isle | 92 |
ocean isle | 261 | greek isle | 92 |
sea isle city | 224 | greek isle cruise | 88 |
presque isle | 221 | isle library sno | 85 |
isle royale | 200 | isle royal | 83 |
grand isle | 191 | isle shoal | 82 |
ocean isle nc | 182 | isle of scilly | 81 |
isle of man tt | 174 | isle royale national park | 79 |
emerald isle realty | 162 | sea isle city new jersey | 79 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "isle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Ishull (ait, Holm, island, islet), Ujdhesë (island). (various references) | |
Arabic | سكن في جزيرة, جزيرة (inch, island). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | британските острови (the british isle). (various references) | |
Chinese | 小島 , 小岛 (islet). (various references) | |
Czech | Ostrov (island), Ostrùvek (islet). (various references) | |
Danish | flodoe (river island, river isle). (various references) | |
Dutch | smaragdgroene slak (manus isle pearly mussel), riviereiland (river island, river isle). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ŭajto (Isle of Wight). (various references) | |
Farsi | مجزاکردن (Disassemble, Discrete, Drawoff, Insulate, Isolate, Knockdown, Seclude), جزیره نشین کردن , جزیره کوچک , جزیره (Island). (various references) | |
Finnish | saari (island). (various references) | |
French | Île. (various references) | |
German | Eiland (island). (various references) | |
Greek | όικρή Νήσοσ, Νήσοσ, νησάκι (islet). (various references) | |
Hebrew | ְי. (various references) | |
Hungarian | sziget (ait, island). (various references) | |
Italian | Isola (island). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ランゲルハンス島 (athletic-style shirt, bag, inside-the-park home run, isle of Langerhans, knapsack, lance, Lancel, lancer, land, landing, landing bahn, landmark, LANDSAT, landscape, lantern, lanthanum, Lanvin, launch, launcher, laundry, lingerie, lunch, lunch set, luncheon, lunchtime, lunchtime concert, meeting, pensioneer, random, random sampling, rumble seat, runner, runner's high, running, running cost, running home run, running homer, running stock, running vest, run-through, runtime, satchel with back straps, tank top), 島台 (ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth), 女護が島 (isle of women, women-only location). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ランゲルハンスしま (isle of Langerhans), しまだい (ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth), にょごがしま (isle of women, women-only location). (various references) | |
Manx | ellan (island). (various references) | |
Norwegian | øy (island). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isleay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ilha (island), pequena ilha (holm, islet). (various references) | |
Romanian | Insulã (eyot, island), Ostrov (ait, bank, Holm, island). (various references) | |
Russian | Остров, островок (ait, islet). (various references) | |
Scottish | An t-Eilean Dubh (Black Isle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ostrvo (island). (various references) | |
Spanish | Isla (i, island). (various references) | |
Swedish | ö (island), Ö. (various references) | |
Thai | เกาะ (island). (various references) | |
Turkish | Adacık (eyot, Holm, islet), Ada (block of buildings, insular, island). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Стрівець. (various references) | |
Welsh | Ynys Wyth (Isle of Wight), Manaw (Isle of Man). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | insula. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 27, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | EiV nhson de tina dei hmaV ekpesein |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In insulam autem quandam oportet nos devenire |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And it bihoueth vs to come into sum yle. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | How be it we must be cast into a certayne ylonde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But we must be cast upon a certain isle. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But we will be sent on to a certain island. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 27, Verse 26 |
| Albanian | Edhe duhet të ngecim në një ishull''. |
| Cebuano | Hinoon mahisangyad kita sa usa ka pulo." |
| Croatian | Ali treba da se nasuèemo na neki otok." |
| Danish | Men vi må strande på en Ø." |
| Dutch | Doch wij moeten op een zeker eiland vervallen. |
| Finnish | Mutta jollekin saarelle meidän täytyy viskautua." |
| French | Mais nous devons échouer sur une île. |
| German | Wir müssen aber anfahren an eine Insel. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, nou pral chwe sou yon zile. |
| Hungarian | Egy szigetre kell pedig nékünk kivetõdnünk. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi kita akan terdampar nanti di pantai suatu pulau." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Akan tetapi tak dapat tiada kita akan terdampar pada sebuah pulau." |
| Italian | Ma è inevitabile che andiamo a finire su qualche isola». |
| Korean | 그 러 나 우 리 가 한 섬 에 걸 리 리 라 하 더 라 |
| Latvian | Bet mums jânokïûst kâdâ salâ. |
| Maori | Otira kua takoto te tikanga kia eke tatou ki tetahi motu. |
| Norwegian | Men vi skal strande på en eller annen ø. |
| Portuguese | Contudo é necessário irmos dar em alguma ilha. |
| Rumanian | Dar trebuie sq dqm peste un ostrov.`` |
| Russian | оБН ДПМЦОП ВЩФШ ЧЩВТПЫЕООЩНЙ ОБ ЛБЛПК-ОЙВХДШ ПУФТПЧ. |
| Shuar | Tura Chíchimisha nunka uchich Pújakmanum nui patatmittiaji" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Pero es necesario que demos en alguna isla. |
| Swahili | Lakini ni lazima tutatupwa ufukoni mwa kisiwa fulani." |
| Uma | Nau' kapal-ta mogero mpai', tehore moto-ta omea hi hameha' lewuto'." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "isle": isled, isleless, isles, islet, islets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "isle": aisle, enisle, lisle. (additional references) | |
Words containing "isle": aisled, aisles, aisleway, aisleways, antisleep, enisled, enisles, lisles, mislead, misleader, misleaders, misleading, misleadingly, misleads, misleared, mislearn, mislearned, mislearning, mislearns, mislearnt, misled, paisley, paisleys. (additional references) | |
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"Isle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asla, asle, bissle, disle, eisle, esel, esle, fisle, Gislen, iale, ible, Ibsley, Icel, iclr, icls, igle, ikle, I'le, ileg, ileh, iles, ille, ilse, ilsea, ilso, Imsl, Inle, insle, Insley, iole, ipsden, irle, isea, isec, isee, isel, Iseler, Iseo, isex, isl, isla, islea, islee, islu, Islywn, isme, isoled, ispe, isre, Isse, iste, isue, izel, misle, ozle, siel, Sile, Silec, Siles, silex, sille, Zissler. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "isle" (pronounced ī"l) |
| 2 | ī" l | aisle, Argyll, awhile, beguile, bile, compile, file, guile, Heil, stile, style, mile, Phyle, pile, refile, restyle, revile, rile, smile, tile, vile, while, wile, worthwhile, Wyle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: leis, lies. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-s" | |
-1 letter: els, lei, lie, lis, sei, sel. | |
-2 letters: el, es, is, li, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-s" | |
+1 letter: aisle, biles, ceils, deils, delis, evils, files, flies, heils, idles, ileus, isled, isles, islet, istle, lenis, lewis, lexis, liens, liers, lieus, likes, limes, lines, lisle, lives, lweis, miles, piles, plies, riels, riles, shiel, sidle, silex, slice, slide, slier, slime, slipe, smile, solei, speil, spiel, spile, stile, tiles, veils, wiles. | |
+2 letters: abseil, aisled, aisles, aliens, alines, alkies, allies, alsike, ariels, belies, bezils, bibles, bields, bilges, birles, blites, chiels, chiles, chisel, clevis, climes, clines, colies, deasil, delist, devils, diesel, dispel, easily, ediles, elains, elemis, elfins, elfish, elides, elints, elites, eloins, elvish, emails, enisle, enlist, ensile, ervils, espial, exiles, falsie, felids, fields, filers, filets, filles, filose, filses, fliers, fliest, flites, fusile, gimels, glides, glimes, grilse, guiles, helios, hirsel, hirsle, holies, ideals, idlers, idlest, ilexes, illest, impels, ingles, inkles, inlets, insole, islets, isohel, istles, itself, ixtles, kelims, kevils, ladies, lassie, lazies, legist, legits, lesion, levies, levins, liaise, lianes, libels, libers, liches, lieges, lifers, ligase, ligers, likens, likers, likest, lilies, limens, limeys, linens, liners, linsey, lipase, lisles, lisped, lisper, listed, listee, listel, listen, lister, liters, litres, livens, livers, livest, livres, looies, lories, louies, lunies, lysine, mailes, mesial, milers, milles, misled, mislie, missel, molies, muesli, oilers, oldies, oleins, olives, oriels, pelvis, pensil, perils, pileus, pilose, pixels, pliers, plisse, poleis, polies, relics, relies, relish, relist, reoils, resail, resile, rifles, rilles, sailed, sailer, saline, saltie, samiel, sedile, seidel, senile, serail, serial, sexily, sheila, shield, shiels, sickle, sidled, sidler, sidles, silage, silane, sileni, silent, silked, silken, siller, siloed, silted, silvae, silver, silvex, simile, simnel, simple, single, sizzle, sleigh, sliced, slicer, slices, slider, slides, sliest, slimed, slimes, sliped, slipes, sliver, sluice, smiled, smiler, smiles, smiley, snivel, soiled, speils, spiels, spiled, spiles, spinel, splice, spline, stelai, stelic, stifle, stiles, stipel, swiple, swivel, tildes, tilers, tinsel, titles, toiles, uglies, valise, vexils, vilest, voiles, walies, whiles, wields, wisely, yields. | |
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