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The southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Prunus ilicifolia, a traditional Native American food plant in southern California.
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noun
an island of western Scotland at the southern end of the Inner Hebrides
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: island
noun
California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: holly-leaved cherry, holly-leaf cherry, evergreen cherry, Prunus ilicifolia
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Broader terms: wild plum, wild plum tree
History
Derived from Scottish Gaelic Ìle, but probably ultimately of non-Indo-European (substrate) origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Arran. Watson (1926) hinted that a Proto-Brythonic/Proto-Celtic root connected to Gaulish *ilio (“flank, buttock”) or Welsh ilio (“to ferment”) might be behind the name. The silent s in this word, as in island, is due to an unetymological association with isle.
Borrowed from Spanish islay.
Across languages
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