Scilly Isles

American  

[sil-ee ahylz] / ˈsɪl i ˈaɪlz /

Also Scilly Islands

plural noun

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

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Scilly Isles British  

/ ˈsɪlɪ, ˈsɪlɪz /

plural noun

1. 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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Other Word Forms

• Scillonian
  adjective

Example Sentences

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Scilly Isles

Bryce Carlson arrived at St. Mary in the Scilly Isles, off England’s southwestern tip, late Saturday — 38 days, six hours and 49 minutes after setting out from St. John’s, Newfoundland.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2018

Bryce Carlson arrived at St. Mary in the Scilly Isles, off England’s southwestern tip, late Saturday - 38 days, six hours and 49 minutes after setting out from St. John’s, Newfoundland.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 5, 2018

Constantine, who doesn't have an agent and spends much of his spare time at a bolt-hole in the Scilly Isles, describes himself as belonging "on the periphery".

From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2013

Bells will be sounded in Britain's northernmost inhabited house in Skaw, the Shetland Isles, and the UK's most westerly church in Tresco, The Scilly Isles.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2012

Tom had just come home from mackerel fishing off the Scilly Isles.

From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville