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Islay
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islay
English
Etymology
en cel xpi cel-bry
Derived from en gd Ìle, but probably ultimately of non-Indo-European (en qfa-sub -) origin, along with other uncertain names in Scotland such as en Skye, en Lewis, and en Arran.The year&s work in modern language studies. 54.1992(1993), Volumes 54-1992, p. 617Interdigitations: essays for Irmengard Rauch, p. 46Gammeltoft, 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. Watson (1926) hinted that a en cel-bry-pro -/en cel-pro - root connected to cel-gau *ilio flank, buttock or cy ilio to ferment might be behind the name. The silent s in this word, as in en island, is due to an unetymological association with en isle.
Pronunciation
en /ˈaɪlə/
en En-Islay.oga
Proper noun
en The southernmost <<island>> of the <<isl/Inner Hebrides>> in <<carea/Argyll and Bute>>, <<cc/Scotland>>.
Derived terms
en Isla female given name
Translations
island of the Inner Hebrides
Scottish Gaelic: gd Ìle
References
Anagrams
en ailsy saily yalis
Spanish
es:+
Pronunciation
Proper noun
es province r/Arequipa c/Peru