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Atlantic Isles

Atlantic Isles proper noun: the British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship.

Proper noun

Atlantic Isles

  1. The British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship.
    • Columba or Colmcille (‘Dove of the Church’) […] built an island monastery far to the north on the island of Iona, which remains one of the best-known sacred placed in the Atlantic Isles; he frequently crossed the sea between his various foundations.2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 333

Questions about Atlantic Isles

What does Atlantic Isles mean?
Atlantic Isles means the British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship.
What part of speech is Atlantic Isles?
Atlantic Isles is a proper noun.

Words near Atlantic Isles in the dictionary

  1. Atlantic hookear sculpins
  2. Atlantic horse mackerel
  3. Atlantic horse mackerels
  4. Atlantic humpback dolphin
  5. Atlantic humpback dolphins
  6. Atlantic Isles
  7. Atlantic Ocean
  8. Atlantic pollock
  9. Atlantic pollocks
  10. Atlantic pomfret
  11. Atlantic pomfrets

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