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islet

[ahy-lit] / ˈaɪ lɪt /
NOUN
cay
Synonyms
STRONG
WEAK




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After introducing me to that fragrant bay leaf, Hans and I pulled up to a stunning home perched high on a mountain overlooking Gros Islet and the sea.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2022

Muir called it Islet, for its abundance of tiny granite islands.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2018

On Friday night, while Nina visits family, I head down to the “Jump Up” in Gros Islet, the weekly street party that draws locals and foreign beatniks for an all-night dance marathon under the stars.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2015

But there's people like Islet, who are an incredibly experimental psych-rock band from south Wales, alongside pastoral folk artists like Huw M and Cowbois Rhos Botonwg from north Wales.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2012

In 1972 I visited such a village on Malai Islet, in the Siassi island group, off the medium-sized island of Umboi, off the larger Bismarck island of New Britain.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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