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die Insel (-n)  island, isle

Zu den britischen Inseln gehören Großbritannien, Irland, die Hebriden, die Shetlandinseln, die Orkney, Man, die Scilly-Inseln und Wight.
The British Isles include Great Britain, Ireland, the Hebrides, the Shetland Islands, Orkney, Man, the Scilly Isles and Wight.
Er ist reif für die Insel.
He's ready to get away from it all.
Reif für die Insel (Buch von Bill Bryson über Großbritannien)
Notes from a Small Island (book by Bill Bryson about Great Britain)

Related: Britische Inseln British Isles (usually synonymous with the UK or Great Britain), der Inselbewohner islander, die Insel Man the Isle of Man

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