Solent

See also: solent

English

Etymology

From Old English Solentan, ultimately of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəʊlənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊlənt

Proper noun

the Solent

1. 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.

Anagrams

• Elston, Leston, Letson, Noltes, Tolens, lentos, onlest, stolen, telson