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Solent.

A strait separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight in southern England.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈsəʊlənt/
  1. A strait separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight in southern England.

Where this word comes from

From Old English Sol(u)ente, a pre-English name of obscure origin. The second element is seemingly Proto-Indo-European *auent- (“to wet, to spring”).

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