illa

Meaning

1. (feminine) island
2. (feminine) block (group of urban lots of property)

Concepts

island

🏝️

isle

block

islet

Shimane

Synonyms

illot

Translations

isola

🏝️

isla

🏝️

île

🏝️

ilha

🏝️

eiland

🏝️

Insel

νησί

ada

🏝️

insula

🏝️

جزيرة

🏝️

girav

🏝️

iscla

νήσος

illa

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈi.ʎə]

Etymology

Cognate with Occitan: illa

Cognate with French: île

Cognate with Spanish: isla

Inherited from Latin: īnsula

Cognate with Portuguese: ínsua

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan illa, from Vulgar Latin *isula (compare Occitan illa~iscla, French île, Spanish isla), from Latin īnsula (compare Portuguese ínsua).