Isle of Wight

English

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaɪ(ə)l əv ˌwaɪt/

Proper noun

Isle of Wight

1. An island and county off the south coast of England opposite Southampton, sometimes considered to be part of Hampshire.

Related terms

• Vectensian

Translations

island and county off the south coast of England

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 懷特島 (cmn), 怀特岛 (cmn) (Huáitè dǎo)

• Finnish: Wightsaari (fi)
• French: Île de Wight (fr) f

  Middle French: isle de Wisque f

  Old French: isle de Wic f

• Irish: Inis Iocht (ga) f
• Japanese: ワイト島 (ja) (Waito-tō)

• Latin: Vectis (la) f
• Macedonian: Вајт (mk) (Vajt) m
• Manx: Ellan Eeaght (gv) f
• Russian: остров Уайт (ru) (óstrov Uájt) m
• Welsh: Ynys Wyth (cy) f

See also

• caulkhead