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Isla

/aɪlə/

Isla proper noun: a river in Angus and Perth and Kinross, east-central Scotland, tributary to the Tay.

Proper noun (1)

Isla

  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.

Proper noun (2)

Isla (plural Islas)

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Forms of Isla

pluralIslas

Origin of Isla

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

Words formed from Isla

Phrases with Isla

Words that rhyme with Isla

Questions about Isla

What does Isla mean?
Isla means a river in Angus and Perth and Kinross, east-central Scotland, tributary to the Tay.
What part of speech is Isla?
Isla is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Isla?
Isla is pronounced /aɪlə/.

Words near Isla in the dictionary

  1. ISKP
  2. Iskra
  3. Iskras
  4. isl
  5. isl.
  6. Isla
  7. Isla Vista
  8. Islaam
  9. Islam
  10. Islamabad
  11. Islamabad Capital Territory

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