Islay

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Etymology

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Derived from Scottish Gaelic Ìle, but probably ultimately of non-Indo-European (substrate) origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as Skye, Lewis, and Arran.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɪlə/
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Proper noun

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Islay

  1. The southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.

Derived terms

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  • Isla (female given name)

Translations

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References

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  1. ^ The year&s work in modern language studies. 54.1992(1993), Volumes 54-1992, p. 617
  2. ^ Interdigitations: essays for Irmengard Rauch, p. 46
  3. ^ Gammeltoft, Peder (2007). "Scandinavian Naming-Systems in the Hebrides—A Way of Understanding how the Scandinavians were in Contact with Gaels and Picts?". In Ballin-Smith, Beverley; Taylor, Simon; Williams, Gareth (eds.). West over Sea: Studies in Scandinavian Sea-Borne Expansion and Settlement Before 1300. Leiden: Brill.

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Spanish

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Proper noun

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Islay ?

  1. A province of Arequipa, Peru