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Isle, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 707
Housing Units (2000): 414
Land area (2000): 2.104090 sq. miles (5.449567 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.439577 sq. miles (1.138500 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.543667 sq. miles (6.588067 sq. km)
FIPS code: 31472
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 46.140666 N, 93.466735 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 56342
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords: Isle, MN Isle

Source: U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
 

 

Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.]

See Aisle. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.]

[1913 Webster]

1. An island. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Isle \Isle\, v. t. To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]

Isled in sudden seas of light. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "isle": ait, archipelago, atoll, bar, cay, continental island, coral head, coral island, coral reef, holm, insularity, island, island group, islandology, islet, key, oceanic island, reef, sandbank, sandbar

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

 

isle

noun

a small island [syn: islet]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Isle \Isle\, n. [Obs.]

See Aisle.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Isle \Isle\, n. [OF. isle, F. [^i]le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.]

1. An island. [Poetic]

Imperial rule of all the seagirt isles. --Milton.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Isle \Isle\, v. t. To cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. [Poetic]

Isled in sudden seas of light. --Tennyson.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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