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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesîle
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /il/
"Nous avons passé les vacances sur une île tropicale."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A piece of land completely surrounded by water; an island.
"La barca ci ha portato a una bellissima isola deserta." - 2
A detached or isolated thing, area, or structure resembling an island.
"La cucina ha un'isola centrale molto funzionale."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'insula', meaning island, passing through Old Italian. The historical shift reflects standard Tuscan phonological evolution, retaining the soft intervocalic sibilant and open central vowel structure.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Isola" is said worldwide
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île
Transliteration: /il/
"Nous avons passé les vacances sur une île tropicale."
Insel
Transliteration: /ˈɪnzəl/
"Die Fähre fährt jeden Tag zur Insel."
isola
Transliteration: /iˈzɔla/
"L'isola è famosa per le sue spiagge bianche."
isla
Transliteration: /ˈisla/
"Viajaremos a una pequeña isla en el Caribe."
ilha
Transliteration: /ˈiʎɐ/
"Eles compraram uma casa na ilha."
द्वीप
Transliteration: dvīp
"यह एक बहुत सुंदर द्वीप है।"
岛屿
Transliteration: dǎoyǔ
"这座岛屿风景优美。"
섬
Transliteration: seom
"우리는 여름에 섬으로 여행을 갔다."
島
Transliteration: shima
"その島には美しい自然が残っている。"
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