Atlantic Isles

English Proper noun Atlantic Isles The British Isles; used especially to avoid associations with British nationality or citizenship. en 2009 w:Diarmaid MacCulloch A History of Christianity 333 Penguin 2010 Columba or Colmcille (‘Dove of the Church’) built an island monastery far to the north on the island of Iona, which remains one of the best-known sacred placed in the Atlantic Isles; he frequently crossed the sea between his various foundations.