Anguilla

See also: anguilla

Translingual

Anguilla anguilla, the European eel

Etymology

From Latin anguilla (“eel”).

Proper noun

Anguilla f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Anguillidae – typical freshwater eels.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Actinopterygii – superclass; Teleostei – class; Elopomorpha - superorder; Anguilliformes - order; Anguilloidei - suborder; Anguillidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Anguilla anguilla (European eel) - type species
  • Anguilla japonica (Japanese eel) - other species

References

• Anguilla (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anguilla on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anguilla (genus) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Anguilla at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Anguilla at AnimalBase
• Anguilla at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Anguilla at World Register of Marine Species

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original. The name of the island refers to its elongated shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æŋˈɡwɪ.lə/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: An‧guil‧la
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Proper noun

Anguilla

2. An archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea.
   • 2020, Dylan Taylor-Lehman, Sealand: The True Story of the World's Most Stubborn Micronation‎^[1], Icon Books, →ISBN:

     In the late 1990s, the tiny Caribbean nation of Anguilla was home to an interesting cluster of expatriates. With its nonexistent taxes and incredible beaches, it was the perfect place for self-employed computer geeks to develop projects during the dot-com boom.

   • 2024 March 22, Emma Bubola, “The A.I. Boom Makes Millions for an Unlikely Industry Player: Anguilla”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     With companies wanting internet addresses that communicate they are at the forefront of the A.I. boom — like Elon Musk’s X.ai website for his artificial intelligence company — Anguilla has recently received a huge influx in requests for domain names.

Derived terms

• Anguillan
• Anguilla Channel
• Republic of Anguilla
• Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla

Related terms

• Anguillita

Translations

British overseas territory in the Caribbean

• Arabic: أَنْغِيلَا f (ʔanḡīlā), أَنْجْوِيلَا f (ʔangwīlā)
• Asturian: Anguila (ast)
• Breton: Anguilla
• Bulgarian: Ангила (Angila)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 安圭拉 (zh) (Anguīlā)

• Czech: Anguilla (cs) f
• Danish: Anguilla
• Dutch: Anguilla (nl)
• Esperanto: Angvilo, Angilo
• Finnish: Anguilla (fi)
• French: Anguilla (fr)
• Galician: Anguila (gl)
• Georgian: ანგილია (angilia)
• German: Anguilla (de)
• Greek: Ανγκουίλα (el) f (Angkouíla)
• Hungarian: Anguilla (hu)
• Interlingua: Anguilla
• Irish: Angaíle m
• Italian: Anguilla (it)
• Japanese: アンギラ (ja) (Angira)
• Korean: 앙길라 (Anggilla)
• Latvian: Angiļa f
• Macedonian: Анги́лја f (Angílja)
• Maltese: Angulja
• Norman: Anguilla (Jersey)
• Polish: Anguilla (pl)
• Portuguese: Anguila (pt)
• Romanian: Anguila f
• Russian: Анги́лья (ru) f (Angílʹja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ангвила f

  Roman: Angvila f

• Spanish: Anguila (es)
• Swedish: Anguilla (sv)
• Thai: แองกวิลลา (ɛng-gwil-lâa)
• Turkish: Anguilla (tr)
• Ukrainian: Ангі́лья (uk) (Anhílʹja), Анґі́лья (Angílʹja)

See also

• Appendix:Countries of the world
• Anguilla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• alingual, unialgal

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛŋɡvɪla]
• Rhymes: -ɪla
• Hyphenation: An‧gui‧l‧la

Proper noun

Anguilla f (relational adjective anguillský)

1. Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)

Declension

Declension of Anguilla (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Anguilla
genitive	Anguilly
dative	Anguille
accusative	Anguillu
vocative	Anguillo
locative	Anguille
instrumental	Anguillou

Further reading

• “Anguilla”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Anguilla”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Italian

Proper noun

Anguilla f

1. Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)

Anagrams

• allungai

Norman

Proper noun

Anguilla

1. (Jersey) Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Anguilla f

1. Alternative form of Anguila; Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anguilla (“eel”), from an uncertain Romance language original.

Proper noun

Anguilla n (genitive Anguillas)

1. Anguilla (an archipelago and overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the Caribbean Sea)

Related terms

• anguillansk (“Anguillan”, adjective)
• anguillan c (“Anguillan male”)