isla

See also: Isla, islã, and Islã

Asturian

Noun

isla f (plural isles)

1. Alternative form of islla

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /is̺la/ [iz̺.la]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -is̺la
• Hyphenation: is‧la

Noun

isla inan

1. reflection

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish isla.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisla/ [ˈʔis.l̪a]

Noun

isla

1. island

   Synonym: puro

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish isla, from Late Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisla/ [ˈʔis̪.l̪ɐ]

Noun

isla (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎ)

1. island; isle

   Synonym: pulo

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:isla.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish isla, from Late Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is‧la

Noun

isla

1. island; isle

Franco-Provençal

Noun

isla (Old Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of ila (“island”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “īnsula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 728

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

isla

1. cooked rice

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish isla.

The Spanish word comes from Latin insula.

Noun

isla

1. island

Spanish

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isla

Wikipedia ^es

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish isla, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula (compare Catalan illa, French île, Galician insua, Italian isola, Portuguese ínsua). Doublet of ínsula, a borrowing. Cognate with English isle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisla/ [ˈis.la]
  • Rhymes: -isla
• IPA^(key): (Argentina, Chile) [ˈih.la]
  • Rhymes:
• IPA^(key): (Caribbean) [ˈil.la]
  • Rhymes:

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Syllabification: 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

• ínsula (island, poetic, obsolete)

Derived terms

• aislar
• Isla Verde
• isleño
• isleta
• islote
• nuez de la isla

 

Related terms

• insular
• península

 

Descendants

• Chavacano: isla
• Chamicuro: yishla
• Papiamentu: isla
• → Basque: irla
• → Cebuano: isla
• → Ilocano: isla
• → Inabaknon: isla
• → Tagalog: ísla

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish isla.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔisla/ [ˈʔis.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -isla
• Syllabification: is‧la

Noun

isla (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎ)

1. island

   Synonym: pulo

Anagrams

• sali, lisa, alis, sila