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isla

island

noun EES-lah Common

Usage Note

Isla is feminine: la isla takes the feminine article as expected. The derived adjective is isleño ('islander, of an island'), and an archipiélago is a group of islands. Las Islas Canarias and Las Islas Baleares are Spain's two island groups.

Examples

"Visitamos una isla en el Mediterráneo."

Natural Translation

We visited an island in the Mediterranean.

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