Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An archipelago comprising more than 140 small islands and rocky islets off southwest England at the entrance to the English Channel west-southwest of Land's End. The islands were formerly a haven for pirates and smugglers.
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- proper noun Alternative form of
Isles of Scilly .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an archipelago of small islands off the southwestern coast of England near the entrance to the English Channel; formerly a haven for smugglers and pirates
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Examples
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I did not know that our common magpie is a rarity on the Scilly Islands - and is much sought by 'birders' there.
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Southend and the Scilly Islands are in fact in the same bag.
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Southend and the Scilly Islands are in fact in the same bag.
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By the time the young man with two hundred a year was vegetating in the Scilly Islands, Mr Watts was left alone with the economist; and that imaginary person had scarce commenced life at Brighton before the last of his pursuers desisted from the chase.
The Wrong Box 2004
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In May, he went with Harry, Charles and Diana to Tresco in the Scilly Islands.
WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003
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In May, he went with Harry, Charles and Diana to Tresco in the Scilly Islands.
WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003
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In May, he went with Harry, Charles and Diana to Tresco in the Scilly Islands.
WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003
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In the late summer of 1779, the Combined Fleet drew near—but never engaged—an outgunned Royal Navy fleet near the Scilly Islands at the Western Approaches.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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In the late summer of 1779, the Combined Fleet drew near—but never engaged—an outgunned Royal Navy fleet near the Scilly Islands at the Western Approaches.
John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003
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But they might have saved themselves any trouble, and the old lady had been quite right in waiting to change her extra money, for just as they sighted the Scilly Islands they perceived a large vessel bearing down upon them.
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