isla

See also: Isla, islã, and Islã

Asturian

Noun

isla f (plural isles)

1. Alternative form of islla

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Basque

Noun

isla

1. reflection

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish isla, from Late Latin *isula, from Latin īnsula.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: is‧la

Noun

isla

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

Synonyms

• pulo

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:isla.

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Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

isla

1. cooked rice

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish isla.

The Spanish word comes from Latin insula.

Noun

isla

1. island

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Spanish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈisla/, [ˈis.la]
• (Ecuador) IPA^(key): /ˈih.la/

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

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

• (island): ínsula (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.