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Apple Isle

Apple Isle proper noun: avalon.

Proper noun

the Apple Isle

  1. Avalon.
    • The journey involved a quest for the mysterious Avalon, the Apple Isle — home of immortality and hidden wisdom.2002, Sheena Morgan, The Real Halloween: Ritual and Magic for the New Millennium, page 67
    • He is equally at home over and under the waves, bringing some chosen ones, like Connla and Bran and the great King Cormac, to visit him in the Apple Isle, the Land of Promise.2004, Eithne Massey, Legendary Ireland: A Journey through Celtic Places and Myths, page 139
    Synonyms:
    Tassie
  2. (Australia, informal) Tasmania.
    • Less esteemed was her attempt to drive all snakes from the Apple Isle by paying convicts a shilling for each reptilian head brought to her.2004, “Jane Franklin: Not People of the First Respectability”, in Tim Flannery, editor, The Birth of Melbourne, page 96
    • The irony of me talking about wanting a more balanced life as I gently strolled around the Apple Isle with no job or family to bother me, having left my wife alone to fend for herself with four young kids, was something I didn't dwell on.2009, Nigel Marsh, Fat, Forty, and Fired, page 78

Synonyms of Apple Isle

Origin of Apple Isle

From apple + isle. * (Avalon): Translation of Latin Insula Pomorum (“Island of Apples”), Geoffrey of Monmouth's alternative name for Insula Avallonis. * (Tasmania): A reference to Tasmania's former status as an important apple grower and exporter. Possibly influenced by a supposed resemblance of the map of Tasmania to the shape of an apple.

Questions about Apple Isle

What does Apple Isle mean?
Apple Isle means avalon.
What part of speech is Apple Isle?
Apple Isle is a proper noun.

Words near Apple Isle in the dictionary

  1. apple grease
  2. apple green
  3. apple greens
  4. apple honey
  5. apple honeys
  6. Apple Isle
  7. apple juice
  8. apple juices
  9. apple leaf midge
  10. apple leaf midges
  11. Apple Mac

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