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Grand Isle

Grand Isle proper noun: a barrier island in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Also the ellipsis of Grand Isle County.

Proper noun

Grand Isle

  1. A barrier island in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
  2. A town in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the eponymous island.
  3. A town and census-designated place therein, in Aroostook County, Maine, United States, across the river from Canada.
  4. An island in Lake Champlain, within Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States.
  5. A town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, on the eponymous island.

Also used as

Grand Isle is also the ellipsis of Grand Isle County.

Forms of Grand Isle

alternative formGrand-Isle
alternative formGrande-Isle
alternative formGrande Isle

Origin of Grand Isle

From French Grande-Isle.

Words formed from Grand Isle

Questions about Grand Isle

What does Grand Isle mean?
Grand Isle means a barrier island in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
What part of speech is Grand Isle?
Grand Isle is a proper noun.

Words near Grand Isle in the dictionary

  1. Grand Ile
  2. grand illusion
  3. Grand Inquisitor
  4. Grand Inquisitors
  5. Grand Island
  6. Grand Isle
  7. Grand Isle County
  8. Grand Junction
  9. Grand Junctionite
  10. grand juries
  11. grand juror

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