An isle is an

island An island or isle is a piece of subcontinental land completely surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be ...

, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in

British English British English (BrE, en-GB, or BE) is, according to Lexico, Oxford Dictionaries, "English language, English as used in Great Britain, as distinct from that used elsewhere". More narrowly, it can refer specifically to the English language in ...

. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered

synonyms A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are ...

. Isle may refer to:

Geography

Isle (river) The Isle (; oc, Eila) is a long river in south-western France, right tributary of the Dordogne. Its source is in the north-western Massif Central, near the town Nexon (south of Limoges). It flows south-west through the following ''départements ...

, a river in France *

Isle, Haute-Vienne Isle (; oc, Isla) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in west-central France. As of 2019, Isle is the fifth commune of the department (by population), after Limoges, Saint-Junien, Panazol Panazol (; ...

, a commune of the Haute-Vienne ''département'' in France *

Isle, Minnesota Isle is a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 751 at the 2010 census. History A post office called Isle has been in operation since 1896. The city was named for the island near its harbor on Mille Lacs Lake ...

, a small city in the United States *

River Isle The River Isle (also known as the River Ile) flows from its source near Combe St Nicholas, through Somerset, England and discharges into the River Parrett south of Langport near Midelney. Several small springs merge into the river near Wade ...

, a river in England

Arts, entertainment, and media

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