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île — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • island noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.

Senses

île is used for these senses in English:

  • city block The smallest part of a town enclosed by streets.
  • island (by extension, in place names) A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, partially surrounded by water; a peninsula; a half-island.
  • island An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

island — full definition

  1. noun A piece of land completely surrounded by water.
  2. noun Something that is isolated or set apart, resembling an island figuratively.
  3. verb To cut off or isolate, as if surrounding with water.

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