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Isla.

A river in Angus and Perth and Kinross, east-central Scotland, tributary to the Tay.

4 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/aɪlə/
  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.

Where this word comes from

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

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.