ilha
Portuguese
/ˈi.ʎɐ/
noun
Definitions
- (geography) island
- (slang) A group of houses in a poor area of a town.
- (figuratively) A person who stands alone in defense of an idea.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese illa derived from Old Catalan illa derived from Latin *isula, insula (island).
Origin
Latin
insula
Gloss
island
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
島
Emoji
🏝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Majorca English
- enisle English
- inisle English
- insulitis English
- isle English
- isled English
- isleless English
- isleman English
- islesman English
- islet English
- islomania English
- *isula Latin
- insula Latin
- īnsula Latin
- Maiorca Italian
- isola Italian
- isolare Italian
- Majorque French
- presqu'île French
- île French
- Canarias Spanish, Castilian
- isla Spanish, Castilian
- insulin Norwegian Bokmål
- isolere Norwegian Bokmål
- Maiorca Portuguese
- ínsua Portuguese
- insulin Norwegian Nynorsk
- isolera Norwegian Nynorsk
- isolere Norwegian Nynorsk
- ile Middle English
- inzula Czech
- Ysla Old French
- ille Old French
- isle Old French
- illa Catalan, Valencian
- Illas Canarias Galician
- illa Galician
- ishull Albanian
- isle Middle French
- illa Old Portuguese
- inssoa Old Portuguese
- illa Occitan
- iscla Occitan
- islla Asturian
- isule Friulian
- isla Old Spanish
- ìsula Sicilian
- ixoła Venetian
- Insel Low German
- ilha Kabuverdianu
- îlle Bourguignon
- isula Sardinian
- isula Corsican
- Insel Plautdietsch
- illa Old Catalan