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Islip

Islip proper noun: a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9878).

Proper noun

Islip (countable and uncountable, plural Islips)

  1. A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9878).
  2. A village and civil parish in Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5214).
  3. A town in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
  4. A hamlet and census-designated place within the above town in Suffolk County, New York.
  5. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of Islip

pluralIslips

Origin of Islip

From the name of the River Ise + Old English slæp (“slippery place”).

Words formed from Islip

Phrases with Islip

Questions about Islip

What does Islip mean?
Islip means a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in East Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP9878).
What part of speech is Islip?
Islip is a proper noun.

Words near Islip in the dictionary

  1. Isleys
  2. Islington
  3. Islington set
  4. Islingtonian
  5. Islingtonians
  6. Islip
  7. Islips
  8. islomania
  9. islot
  10. islots
  11. isls.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Islip (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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