ilha

ilha f (plural ilhas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of illa

• “ilha” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Inherited from Portuguese ilha.

ilha

1. island

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

ilha

1. romanization of ᡳᠯᡥᠠ

From Old Galician-Portuguese illa, from Old Catalan illa, from Vulgar Latin *īsula, from Latin īnsula, whence also Spanish isla, Italian isola, French île and English isle. Doublet of inherited ínsua, from Old Galician-Portuguese inssoa, as well as the learned borrowing ínsula; both of these are rare or specialist.

• Rhymes: -iʎɐ
• Hyphenation: i‧lha

ilha f (plural ilhas)

1. (geography) island
2. (slang) a group of houses in a poor area of a town
3. (figuratively, popular) a person who stands alone in defense of an idea

• Kabuverdianu: ilha
• → Tetum: illa

• “ilha”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “ilha”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

ilha

1. inflection of ilhar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative