What is another word for isles?

Pronunciation: [ˈa͡ɪə͡lz] (IPA)

Isles, or islands, have always been a source of fascination for people from all over the world. From tropical paradises to freezing wastelands, each island has its unique charm and beauty. And while the word "isles" is already a poetic and evocative term, there are other words that can be used to describe small or disconnected portions of land surrounded by water. Some synonyms for isles include cays, atolls, keys, archipelagos, and skerries. Each of these terms carries its own connotations and nuances, helping to paint a vivid picture of these isolated and enchanting places. Whether you prefer the warmth of a beach or the rugged landscape of a rocky outcrop, there is an isle out there for you.

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Usage examples for Isles

A swamp drained, or a hill terraced by the Romans, constitutes now as much a part of the natural advantages of the British isles as though the work had been done by earthquake or glacier.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
They chat in subdued voices, people all do here, I suppose it's something in the sea warm air-have you ever noticed how softly they talk in the Scilly isles at night?
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
After Athelstan's triumphant victory near Lamorna, he vowed he would establish here a large religious foundation if he were successful in his further expedition to the Scilly isles; and when he returned a conqueror he carried out his vow.
"Cornwall"
G. E. Mitton

Famous quotes with Isles

  • Water—the mighty, the pure, the beautiful, the unfathomable—where is thy element so glorious as it is in thine own domain, the deep seas ? What an infinity of power is in the far Atlantic, the boundary of two separate worlds, apart like those of memory and of hope ! or in the bright Pacific, whose tides are turned to gold by a southern sun, and in whose bosom sleep a thousand isles, each covered with the verdure, the flowers, and the fruit of Eden ! But, amid all thy hereditary kingdoms, to which hast thou given beauty, as a birthright, lavishly as thou hast to thy favourite Mediterranean ? The silence of a summer night is now sleeping on its bosom, where the bright stars are mirrored, as if in its depths they had another home and another heaven. A spirit, cleaving air midway between the two, might have paused to ask which was sea, and which was sky. The shadows of earth and earthly things, resting omen-like upon the waters, alone shewed which was the home and which the mirror of the celestial host.
    Letitia Elizabeth Landon
  • Fairest Isle, all isles excelling, Seat of pleasures, and of loves; Venus here will choose her dwelling, And forsake her Cyprian groves.
    John Dryden
  • The sprinkled isles, Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea.
    Robert Browning
  • Like ships, that sailed for sunny isles, But never came to shore.
    Thomas Kibble Hervey
  • Or where the Northern ocean, in vast whirls, Boils round the naked melancholy isles Of farthest Thulè, and th' Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrides.
    James Thomson (poet)

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