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Isla Vista
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English
Etymology
en es Isla Vista, from es isla island + es vista view, literally "Island View".
Proper noun
isla vista
en CDP co/Santa Barbara County s/California c/US.
en Hollie McKay '01 Santa Barbara killer walks free as families relive carnage 13 years later w:Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/us/01-santa-barbara-killer-walks-free-as-families-relive-carnage-13-years-later 2014-05-30 It was Feb. 23, 2001, when David Attias — a then-University of California-Santa Barbara freshman and son of Hollywood director Daniel Attias — plowed his turbo-charged Saab into a group of young adults in the same Isla Vista neighborhood of the coastal community, killing four and permanently injuring another before climbing atop the car and declaring himself "the Angel of Death." https://web.archive.org/web/20260928091126/https://www.foxnews.com/us/01-santa-barbara-killer-walks-free-as-families-relive-carnage-13-years-later 28 September 2026
en Jim Taylor The woman who founded the 'incel' movement w:BBC https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45284455 2018-08-29 The 22-year-old had killed six people in a shooting and stabbing spree in Isla Vista, California, before turning a gun on himself. https://web.archive.org/web/20260926214715/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45284455 26 September 2026