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ISLE OF WIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An isle and county of southern England in the English Channel
Synonyms:
Isle of Wight; Wight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("Isle of Wight" is a kind of...):
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
Instance hypernyms:
Holonyms ("Isle of Wight" is a part of...):
British Isles (Great Britain and Ireland and adjacent islands in the north Atlantic)
English Channel (an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that forms a channel between France and Britain)