isla
AsturianEdit
NounEdit
isla f (plural isles)
- Alternative form of islla
BasqueEdit
NounEdit
isla
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Spanish isla, from Late Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: is‧la
NounEdit
isla
- an island; a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water; also an isle or islet
SynonymsEdit
QuotationsEdit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:isla.
Lubuagan KalingaEdit
NounEdit
isla
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
The Spanish word comes from Latin insula.
NounEdit
isla
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Spanish isla, from Vulgar Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula (compare Catalan illa, French île, Galician insua, Italian isola, Portuguese ínsua). Doublet of ínsula, a borrowing.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
isla f (plural islas)
Alternative formsEdit
- (island): ínsula (poetic, obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “isla” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.