isle of wight

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الإنجليزية - التركية
işle of Wight
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
An island and county off the south coast of England opposite Southampton, sometimes considered to be part of Hampshire
IOW the Isle of Wight an island off the coast of southern England and an English county. It is a popular place for English families to go to on holiday and for people who enjoy sailing. Island and unitary authority (pop., 2001: 132,719), part of the historic county of Hampshire, in the English Channel off the southern coast of England. Separated from mainland Hampshire by the Solent, the island has an area of 147 sq mi (381 sq km). Its main town is Newport. The backbone of the Isle of Wight is a chalk ridge that extends across its entire breadth, the thickest bed of chalk in the British Isles. The Needles are three detached masses of chalk that lie off the island's westernmost point and rise to about 100 ft (30 m). Three rivers, the Eastern Yar, the Medina, and the Western Yar, flow northward into the Solent. A major British maximum security prison is located at Parkhurst. Boatbuilding, marine engineering, and the aerospace, plastics, and electronics industries are economically important. The island's warm, sunny climate has made it a popular vacation spot
island in the English Channel south of the city of Portsmouth
التركية - الإنجليزية
isle of wight
isle of wight

    التركية النطق

    ayl ıv wayt

    النطق

    /ˈīl əv ˈwīt/ /ˈaɪl əv ˈwaɪt/

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    () From Old English Wiht, Wihte ealond, Latin Vectis (c.150), from Celtic Ictis (literally “nether”), akin to Old Irish icht (“nether, bottom”), Muir n-Icht (“English Channel”, literally “the nether sea”), referring to the fact that the Isle of Wight is the southern-most of the British Isles.
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