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isla

Pronunciation: /ˈisla/

“isla” is a Spanish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

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

In Spanish

  1. Territorio rodeado completamente por agua.
  2. Por extensión, entidad rodeada de otras completamente diferentes.
  3. Por extensión, entidad sin contacto con lo que lo rodea.

Etymology

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 but false cognate of English island.

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