Isle of Wight

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1. Isle of Wight - Noun

2. Isle of Wight - Proper noun

Meaning

an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel

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At age 10 or 12 he's going to boarding school in the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight is, of course, down at the bottom of England just off South Hampton. Jeremy Irons

A potential 350 seats on school buses are at risk of being lost on school buses as the Isle of Wight Council cut back services to save money — leaving some parents with no alternatives to get their children to school. Source: Internet

Although the Isle of Wight has at times been part of Hampshire, it has been administratively independent for over a century, obtaining a county council of its own in 1890. Source: Internet

Although added to the Reserve List of the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Dowding returned to the Isle of Wight to resume his Royal Garrison Artillery duties. Source: Internet

Apart from a shared police force there are now no formal administrative links between the Isle of Wight and Hampshire, though many organisations still combine Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Source: Internet

Art From the beginning of the 6th century, Merovingian artefacts were present in Sussex, as they were in Kent and on the Isle of Wight, which is thought to reflect cross-Channel exchanges between Saxon Sussex and Merovingian Gaul. Source: Internet

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