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Asturian

Noun

isla f (plural isles)

1. Alternative form of islla

Basque

Noun

isla

1. reflection

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish isla, from Late Latin *isula, from Latin ?nsula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is?la

Noun

isla

1. an island; a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water; also an isle or islet

Synonyms

• pulo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:isla.

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

isla

1. cooked rice

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish isla.

The Spanish word comes from Latin insula.

Noun

isla

1. island

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish isla, from Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin ?nsula (compare Catalan illa, French île, Galician insua, Italian isola, Portuguese ínsua). Doublet of ínsula, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?isla/, [?is.la]

Noun

isla f (plural islas)

1. island (area of land surrounded by water)
2. block (group of urban lots of property)

   Synonym: manzana

Alternative forms

• (island): ínsula (poetic, obsolete)

Derived terms

• aislar
• isleño
• islote

Related terms

• insular
• península

Descendants

• Chamicuro: yishla
• Papiamentu: isla
• ? Basque: irla
• ? Ilocano: isla
• ? Inabaknon: isla
• ? Tagalog: ísla

Further reading

• “isla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ionene

Noun

iona n

1. definite plural of ion

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

iona n

1. definite plural of ion