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).

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
• 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
• Irish: Oileán Mhanann m, Manainn f
• Italian: Isola di Man
• 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)
• 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
• 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.