See Apple Isle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for Apple Isle meaning in English (4.1kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "apple"
},
"expansion": "apple",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "isle"
},
"expansion": "isle",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Avalon"
},
"expansion": "(Avalon):",
"name": "sense"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Insula Pomorum",
"4": "",
"5": "Island of Apples"
},
"expansion": "Latin Insula Pomorum (“Island of Apples”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Tasmania"
},
"expansion": "(Tasmania):",
"name": "sense"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From apple + isle.\n* (Avalon): Translation of Latin Insula Pomorum (“Island of Apples”), Geoffrey of Monmouth's alternative name for Insula Avallonis.\n* (Tasmania): A reference to Tasmania's former status as an important apple grower and exporter. Possibly influenced by a supposed resemblance of the map of Tasmania to the shape of an apple.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "the Apple Isle",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "the Apple Isle"
},
"expansion": "the Apple Isle",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Mythology",
"orig": "en:Mythology",
"parents": [
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2002, Sheena Morgan, The Real Halloween: Ritual and Magic for the New Millennium, page 67",
"text": "The journey involved a quest for the mysterious Avalon, the Apple Isle — home of immortality and hidden wisdom.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Eithne Massey, Legendary Ireland: A Journey through Celtic Places and Myths, page 139",
"text": "He is equally at home over and under the waves, bringing some chosen ones, like Connla and Bran and the great King Cormac, to visit him in the Apple Isle, the Land of Promise.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Jhenah Telyndru, Avalon Within: A Sacred Journey of Myth, Mystery, and Inner Wisdom, page 5",
"text": "How can we, who have heard the Voice of the Lady of the Apple Isle, fulfill this calling?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Avalon."
],
"id": "en-Apple_Isle-en-name-1-nqChiQ",
"links": [
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"Avalon",
"Avalon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology) Avalon."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "57 43",
"tags": [
"Tasmania"
],
"word": "Tassie"
}
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Australian English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "24 76",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, “Jane Franklin: Not People of the First Respectability”, in Tim Flannery, editor, The Birth of Melbourne, page 96",
"text": "Less esteemed was her attempt to drive all snakes from the Apple Isle by paying convicts a shilling for each reptilian head brought to her.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Nigel Marsh, Fat, Forty, and Fired, page 78",
"text": "The irony of me talking about wanting a more balanced life as I gently strolled around the Apple Isle with no job or family to bother me, having left my wife alone to fend for herself with four young kids, was something I didn't dwell on.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, John P. Devaney, Full Points Footy: Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, page 337",
"text": "Named Tasmania's first ever All Australian at the 1953 Adelaide carnival (when he was playing at North Launceston) Leedham is regarded by many as being the best footballer ever produced in the Apple Isle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Tasmania."
],
"id": "en-Apple_Isle-en-name-IL72TgAv",
"links": [
[
"Tasmania",
"Tasmania"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, informal) Tasmania."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 Apple Isle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/EN-AU_ck1_Apple_Isle.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_Apple_Isle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/EN-AU_ck1_Apple_Isle.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "Apple Isle"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms with audio links"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "apple"
},
"expansion": "apple",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "isle"
},
"expansion": "isle",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Avalon"
},
"expansion": "(Avalon):",
"name": "sense"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "Insula Pomorum",
"4": "",
"5": "Island of Apples"
},
"expansion": "Latin Insula Pomorum (“Island of Apples”)",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Tasmania"
},
"expansion": "(Tasmania):",
"name": "sense"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From apple + isle.\n* (Avalon): Translation of Latin Insula Pomorum (“Island of Apples”), Geoffrey of Monmouth's alternative name for Insula Avallonis.\n* (Tasmania): A reference to Tasmania's former status as an important apple grower and exporter. Possibly influenced by a supposed resemblance of the map of Tasmania to the shape of an apple.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "the Apple Isle",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "proper noun",
"head": "the Apple Isle"
},
"expansion": "the Apple Isle",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Mythology"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2002, Sheena Morgan, The Real Halloween: Ritual and Magic for the New Millennium, page 67",
"text": "The journey involved a quest for the mysterious Avalon, the Apple Isle — home of immortality and hidden wisdom.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2004, Eithne Massey, Legendary Ireland: A Journey through Celtic Places and Myths, page 139",
"text": "He is equally at home over and under the waves, bringing some chosen ones, like Connla and Bran and the great King Cormac, to visit him in the Apple Isle, the Land of Promise.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2010, Jhenah Telyndru, Avalon Within: A Sacred Journey of Myth, Mystery, and Inner Wisdom, page 5",
"text": "How can we, who have heard the Voice of the Lady of the Apple Isle, fulfill this calling?",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Avalon."
],
"links": [
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"Avalon",
"Avalon"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(mythology) Avalon."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Australian English",
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, “Jane Franklin: Not People of the First Respectability”, in Tim Flannery, editor, The Birth of Melbourne, page 96",
"text": "Less esteemed was her attempt to drive all snakes from the Apple Isle by paying convicts a shilling for each reptilian head brought to her.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, Nigel Marsh, Fat, Forty, and Fired, page 78",
"text": "The irony of me talking about wanting a more balanced life as I gently strolled around the Apple Isle with no job or family to bother me, having left my wife alone to fend for herself with four young kids, was something I didn't dwell on.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2009, John P. Devaney, Full Points Footy: Encyclopedia of Australian Football Clubs, page 337",
"text": "Named Tasmania's first ever All Australian at the 1953 Adelaide carnival (when he was playing at North Launceston) Leedham is regarded by many as being the best footballer ever produced in the Apple Isle.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Tasmania."
],
"links": [
[
"Tasmania",
"Tasmania"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Australia, informal) Tasmania."
],
"tags": [
"Australia",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "EN-AU ck1 Apple Isle.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/EN-AU_ck1_Apple_Isle.ogg/EN-AU_ck1_Apple_Isle.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/EN-AU_ck1_Apple_Isle.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"Tasmania"
],
"word": "Tassie"
}
],
"word": "Apple Isle"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.