Isla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  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.
name
  1. A surname from Spanish.

Pronunciation

/aɪlə/

Word forms

Isla Islas

Etymology

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

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