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English
Etymology
From Isle + of + Man.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Isle of Man
- An island and crown dependency of the United Kingdom in the Irish Sea, part of the British Isles but not of the United Kingdom.
- A rural locality east of Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland, historically in Dumfriesshire (OS grid ref NY0075).
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island
- Afrikaans: Eiland Man
- Arabic: جَزِيرَة مَانْ (jazīra(t) mān)
- Armenian: Մեն կղզի (Men kġzi)
- Breton: Manav (br), Enez Vanav f
- Catalan: Man (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 萌島/萌岛 (mang4 dou2)
- Mandarin: 馬恩島/马恩岛 (zh) (Mǎ'ēn dǎo), 曼島/曼岛 (zh) (Màn dǎo), 萌島/萌岛 (Méngdǎo)
- Cornish: Enys Vanow f, Manow f
- Czech: Ostrov Man m
- Dutch: Man (nl) n, Eiland Man (nl) n,
- Esperanto: Manksinsulo
- Estonian: Mani saar
- Faroese: Mon f
- Finnish: Mansaari (fi)
- French: l’île de Man (fr) f
- Galician: Illa de Man f
- German: Insel Man (de)
- Greek: Νήσος του Μαν f (Nísos tou Man)
- Hungarian: Man-sziget (hu)
- Icelandic: Mön f
- Irish: Oileán Mhanann m, Manainn f
- Italian: Isola di Man f
- Japanese: マン島 (ja) (Man-tō)
- Latin: Monapia
- Macedonian: Ман m (Man)
- Manx: Ellan Vannin f, Mannin (gv)
- Norman: Île dé Man f
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Man
- Nynorsk: Man
- Polish: Wyspa Man (pl) f
- Portuguese: Ilha de Man (pt) f
- Romanian: Insula Man
- Russian: о́стров Мэн m (óstrov Mɛn)
- Scots: Isle o Man, Inch o Man
- Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Mhanainn, Manainn
- Serbo-Croatian: Otok Man m
- Slovak: Ostrov Man m
- Slovene: Otok Man
- Spanish: isla de Man f
- Swedish: Man (sv)
- Turkish: Man Adası (tr)
- Volapük: Mäneän (vo)
- Welsh: Ynys Manaw f
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