Atlantic Isles

proper noun

The British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. The British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship.

    Columba or Colmcille (‘Dove of the Church’) […] built an island monastery far to the north on the island of Iona, which remains one of the best-known sacred placed in the Atlantic Isles; he frequently crossed the sea between his various foundations.

    2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 333
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Atlantic Isles. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20Isles

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“Atlantic Isles.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20Isles. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Atlantic Isles,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Atlantic%20Isles.

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