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illa.

island

4 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈi.ʎə]Balearic, Central, Northern[ˈi.ʎa]Northwestern, Valencia

  1. island

    feminine
    El Japó té quatre illes principals.

  2. block (group of urban lots of property)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan illa, from Vulgar Latin *isula (compare Occitan illa~iscla, French île, Spanish isla), from Latin īnsula (compare Portuguese ínsua).

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