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

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):

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• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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