insua

See also: ínsua and Insua

Galician
Insua de Seivane (Saint John's island), in the Minho river near Lugo, Galicia

Etymology

From the earlier ynsoa, from Old Galician and Old Portuguese insua, inssoa, from Latin īnsula (“island”). Cognate with Portuguese ínsua and Spanish isla.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈinswɐ], [ˈinsu.ɐ]

Noun

insua f (plural insuas)

  1. islet, eyot, holm; peninsula; place totally or partially surrounded by rivers and waters
    Synonym: illa

Derived terms

References
  • “insoa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “nsoa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “insua” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “insua” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “insua” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “isla”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Old Portuguese

Noun

insua f

  1. Alternative form of inssoa
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