isla
AsturianEdit
NounEdit
isla f (plural isles)
- Alternative form of islla
BasqueEdit
NounEdit
isla
Bikol CentralEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
isla
CebuanoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish isla, from Late Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
isla
- an island; a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water; also an isle or islet
- Synonym: pulo
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
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.
PronunciationEdit
- 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 (file)
NounEdit
isla f (plural islas)
Alternative formsEdit
- ínsula (island, poetic, obsolete)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “isla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
isla