isla

See also: Isla, islã, and Islã

Asturian

Noun

isla f (plural isles)

1. Alternative form of islla

Basque

Noun

isla

1. reflection

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish isla.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisla/

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.l̪ʌ]

Noun

isla

1. an island; a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water; also an isle or islet

   Synonym: pulo

Quotations

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

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisla/ [ˈis.la]
  • Rhymes: -isla
  • Syllabification: is‧la
• IPA^(key): (Rioplatense, Chilean, Ecuadorian, Peruvian) [ˈih.la]
  • Rhymes:
• IPA^(key): (Caribbean) [ˈil.la]
  • Rhymes:
• (Colombia)

  Audio

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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
• isleño
• islote
• nuez de la isla

 

Related terms

• insular
• península

 

Descendants

• Chamicuro: yishla
• Papiamentu: isla
• → Basque: irla
• → 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

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

Noun

isla

1. island

   Synonym: pulo