Scilly Isles

[ sil-ee ahylz ]

/ ˈsɪl i ˈaɪlz /

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plural noun

a group of about 140 small islands, SW of Land's End, England. 6½ sq. mi. (17 sq. km) Capital: Hugh Town.

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Also Scil·ly Is·lands

[sil-ee ahy-luhndz] /ˈsɪl i ˈaɪ ləndz/ .

OTHER WORDS FROM Scilly Isles

Scil·lo·ni·an

[si-loh-nee-uhn], /sɪˈloʊ ni ən/, adjective, noun

Words nearby Scilly Isles

scil., scilicet, Scilla, scillism, Scillonian, Scilly Isles, scimitar, scimitar foot, scimitar oryx, scimitar sign, scincoid

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How to use Scilly Isles in a sentence

MacDonald mans the office despite being—like most of the rest of the Western Isles, it seems—in his 70s.
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Conceptually, the “Angel of Death” was a cultural mainstay in continental Europe and the British Isles by the late Middle Ages.
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Disney-star-turned-'Rizzoli & Isles'-actor Lee Thompson Young died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound Monday.
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But by 1920, American per-capita GDP exceeded that of the British Isles.
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You can see it in the empty canned food, rice, and bread isles at the grocery store.
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At the close of the reception a band of Philippine musicians played a selection of graceful airs of their native isles.
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On the 7th of August we neared the Canary Isles, but unfortunately, on account of the thick fog, we could not see them.
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In truth, the art of tobacco using is nowhere more ignored, nowhere more contemptuously neglected than in these 'favored isles.'
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Bruce may have taken refuge again in Glen Trool; Gray's mention of the isles may result from a confusion with earlier events.
King Robert the Bruce|A. F. Murison
The king, her father, only lingered five more days, and on his death the tiny infant became Queen of Scotland and the Isles.
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British Dictionary definitions for Scilly Isles

Scilly Isles

Scilly Islands Scillies (ˈsɪlɪz)

/ (ˈsɪlɪ) /

pl n

a group of about 140 small islands (only five inhabited) off the extreme SW coast of England: tourist centre. Capital: Hugh Town. Pop: 2100 (2003 est). Area: 16 sq km (6 sq miles)

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