Solent
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English
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsəʊlənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlənt
Proper noun
[edit]the Solent
- A strait separating Hampshire from the Isle of Wight in in southern England.
- 2019, Isabel Waidner, We Are Made of Diamond Stuff, Dostoyevsky Wannabe Originals, page 13:
- One, two, three Victorian military forts in the Solent—an early indication they have a thing about foreign invasion down here.