isla

isla f (plural isles)

1. alternative form of islla

• IPA^(key): /is̺la/ [iz̺.la]

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• Rhymes: -is̺la, -a
• Hyphenation: is‧la

isla inan

1. reflection

Borrowed from Spanish isla.

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

ísla (Basahan spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎ)

1. island

   Synonym: puro

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

• Hyphenation: is‧la
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔisla/ [ˈʔis̪.l̪ɐ]

isla (Badlit spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎ)

1. island; isle

   Synonym: pulo

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈisla/, [ˈiz.la]
• Hyphenation: is‧la

isla

1. island; isle

isla (Old Dauphinois)

1. alternative form of ila (“island”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “īnsula”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 728

isla

1. cooked rice

From Spanish isla.

The Spanish word comes from Latin insula.

isla

1. island

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. Cognate with English isle.

• IPA^(key): /ˈisla/ [ˈis.la]
  • Rhymes: -isla
• IPA^(key): (Argentina, Chile) [ˈih.la]
  • Rhymes:
• IPA^(key): (Caribbean) [ˈil.la]
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• Syllabification: is‧la

isla f (plural islas)

1. island (area of land surrounded by water)
2. block (group of urban lots of property)

   Synonym: manzana

• ínsula (island, poetic, obsolete)

• Chavacano: isla
• Chamicuro: yishla
• Papiamentu: isla
• → Basque: irla
• → Cebuano: isla
• → Ilocano: isla
• → Inabaknon: isla
• → Tagalog: isla

• “isla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish isla. Possible doublet of insula.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔisla/ [ˈʔis.lɐ]
• Rhymes: -isla
• Syllabification: is‧la

isla (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜎ)

1. island

   Synonym: pulo

• sali, lisa, alis, sila