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kyle.

A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.

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Meaning & usage

noun/kaɪl/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.

    Scotland
Where this word comes from

From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrow; thin; firth, narrows, strait, kyle; narrow part of something”) (genitive singular form caoil), from Old Irish coíl (“narrow, slender”), from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”).

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