ait

[ eyt ]

noun

, British Dialect.

1. a small island, especially a braid bar.

ait

/ eɪt /

noun

1. dialect.
   an islet, esp in a river

Word History and Origins

Origin of ait¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English eyt, Old English ȳgett, diminutive of ieg, īg “island,” cognate with Middle Low German ō, ōge, ou(we), Old High German ouwa, Old Norse ey; island

Word History and Origins

Origin of ait¹

Old English ӯgett small island, from ieg island

Example Sentences

Greene has previously served as deputy head of AIT, as well as at the missions in Tokyo and held various roles in Washington, largely focused on economic relations.

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That’s sowed resentment as the weather grows colder, laid-off miner Ait Brahim Brahim said in Anerni, a pastoral mountainside village where 36 people died.

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Israel has responded by targeting the outskirts of the town of Ait el-Shaab, the Israeli military said.

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Hassan Ait Amar, a 52-year-old from Casablanca, carried a sign demanding Morocco’s lawmakers revoke a normalization of ties with Israel.

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But laid-off miner Brahim Ait Brahim — who lives in Anerni, a mountain village near the quake’s epicenter — said he’s still waiting for emergency financial and housing assistance one month after his house was destroyed in the earthquake.

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