Islay
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English
Etymology
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
Proper noun
Islay
- The southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
Derived terms
- Isla (“female given name”)
Translations
island of the Inner Hebrides
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References
- ^ The year&s work in modern language studies. 54.1992(1993), Volumes 54-1992, p. 617
- ^ Interdigitations: essays for Irmengard Rauch, p. 46
- ^ 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.
Anagrams
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Proper noun
Islay ?