plural of isle

A (small) island, compare with islet.

Obsolete spelling of aisle

Initialism of Irish Sign Language.

A city in Minnesota. / A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett. / A river in southwestern France, which flows into the Dordogne.

(often in combination) Having an island or islands.

Abbreviation of island.

(geography) A group of islands off the north-west coast of mainland Europe and separated from it by the English Channel and the North Sea, including Great Britain, Ireland, Anglesey, the Isle of Man, the Isle of Wight, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly, the Channel Islands, and many smaller islands.

An archipelago off the coast of Cornwall, in southwestern England.

The British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship.