Isla

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Isla¹

  • /aɪlə/

Rhymes with -aɪlə

proper noun

  1. A river in Angus and Perth and Kinross, east-central Scotland, tributary to the Tay.
  2. A river in Moray and Aberdeenshire, north-eastern Scotland, tributary to the Deveron.
  3. A female given name transferred from the place name. Coined in the twentieth century from an archaic spelling of Islay, an island in the Hebrides.

Isla²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Isla. This surname is mostly found in the Philippines.

proper noun Islas

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gomez, guam, isle, island, isabela, isobel, isabell, isabel, iona, ishbel, isabelle, isabella, isria, isobelle, isolde, issy

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"Isla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/isla. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Isla. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/isla

Chicago

"Isla." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/isla.

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@misc{isla_2026,
  title = {Isla},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/isla},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}