Isla

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/aɪlə/

proper noun

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

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Meanings

Isla1

proper noun
  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.

Isla2

proper nounIsla (plural Islas)

plural Islas

  1. A surname from Spanish.

Origin

  1. SpanishIsla
  2. EnglishIsla

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Isla

KylaLailaNilaLylaTwyla
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Anagrams

LisasailIlsaSilaliaslaissialLasi
Cite this entry
APA

Isla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Isla

MLA

“Isla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Isla. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Isla,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Isla.

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