Isle of Man

English

Etymology

From Isle +‎ of +‎ Man.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌaɪl ə(v) ˈmæn/

Proper noun

the Isle of Man

1. An island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea, part of the British Isles but not of the United Kingdom.
2. A rural locality east of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NY0075). ^[1]

Synonyms

• Man, Mann
• Ellan Vannin, Mannin

Hypernyms

• island, isle

Related terms

• Manx
• Manxman
• Manxwoman
• Manx cat
• Manxie
• Manks

Translations

island

Afrikaans: Eiland Man Arabic: جَزِيرَة مَانْ (jazīra(t) mān) Armenian: Մեն կղզի (Men kġzi) Breton: Manav (br), Enez Vanav f Catalan: Man (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 萌島／萌岛 (mang4 dou2) Mandarin: 馬恩島／马恩岛 (zh) (Mǎ'ēn dǎo), 曼島／曼岛 (zh) (Màn dǎo), 萌島／萌岛 (Méngdǎo) Cornish: Enys Vanow f, Manow f Czech: Ostrov Man m Dutch: Man (nl) n, Eiland Man (nl) n, Esperanto: Manksinsulo Estonian: Mani saar Faroese: Mon f Finnish: Mansaari (fi) French: l’île de Man (fr) f Galician: Illa de Man f German: Insel Man (de) Greek: Νήσος του Μαν f (Nísos tou Man) Hungarian: Man-sziget (hu) Icelandic: Mön f Indonesian: Pulau Man Irish: Oileán Mhanann m, Manainn f Italian: Isola di Man f Japanese: マン島 (ja) (Man-tō) Latin: Monapia Macedonian: Ман m (Man) Manx: Ellan Vannin f, Mannin (gv) Norman: Île dé Man f Norwegian: Bokmål: Man Nynorsk: Man Polish: Wyspa Man (pl) f Portuguese: Ilha de Man (pt) f Romanian: Insula Man Russian: о́стров Мэн m (óstrov Mɛn) Scots: Isle o Man, Inch o Man Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Mhanainn, Manainn Serbo-Croatian: Otok Man m Slovak: Ostrov Man m Slovene: Otok Man Spanish: isla de Man f Swedish: Man (sv) Turkish: Man Adası (tr) Volapük: Mäneän (vo) Welsh: Ynys Manaw f

Further reading

• Isle of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Isle of Man”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

References

1. OS: Dumfries