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Isla Vista

Isla Vista proper noun: a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.

Proper noun

Isla Vista

  1. A census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
    • It was Feb. 23, 2001, when David Attias — a then-University of California-Santa Barbara freshman and son of Hollywood director Daniel Attias — plowed his turbo-charged Saab into a group of young adults in the same Isla Vista neighborhood of the coastal community, killing four and permanently...2014 May 30, Hollie McKay, “'01 Santa Barbara killer walks free as families relive carnage 13 years later”, in Fox News
    • The 22-year-old had killed six people in a shooting and stabbing spree in Isla Vista, California, before turning a gun on himself.2018 August 29, Jim Taylor, “The woman who founded the 'incel' movement”, in BBC

Origin of Isla Vista

Borrowed from Spanish Isla Vista, from isla (island) + vista (view), literally "Island View".

Questions about Isla Vista

What does Isla Vista mean?
Isla Vista means a census-designated place in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.
What part of speech is Isla Vista?
Isla Vista is a proper noun.

Words near Isla Vista in the dictionary

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

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