isola

Definitions of isola
  1. noun
    a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
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    porcellana
    a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong
    Cuba
    the largest island in the West Indies
    Haiti
    an island in the West Indies
    Trinidad
    an island in West Indies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela
    Cipro
    an island in the eastern Mediterranean
    Fiji
    a group of more than 800 islands (100 inhabited) in the southwestern Pacific; larger islands (Viti Levu and Vanua Levu) are of volcanic origin surrounded by coral reefs; smaller islands are coral
    Sardegna
    an island in the Mediterranean to the west of Italy
    Sicilia
    the largest island in the Mediterranean
    Gran Bretagna
    an island comprising England and Scotland and Wales
    Irlanda
    an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
    Montserrat
    an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France
    Islanda
    a volcanic island in the North Atlantic near the Arctic Circle
    Malta
    a strategically located island to the south of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea
    Nuova Zelanda
    North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific
    Tahiti
    an island in the south Pacific; the most important island in French Polynesia; made famous by Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin
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    secco, terra, terra emersa, terreno
    the solid part of the earth's surface
  2. noun
    a zone or area resembling an island
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    isola pedonale, spartitraffico
    a curbed area in a roadway from which traffic is excluded; provides safe area for pedestrians
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    fascia
    a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
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