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insulă
island /inˈsulə/
noun#1637 most common
Also: isle
Example sentences
Insula este mică.
The island is small.
Vara mergem pe o insulă frumoasă.
In summer we go to a beautiful island.
Insula are plaje și mulți palmieri.
The island has beaches and many palm trees.
Locuitorii insulei trăiesc mai ales din pescuit.
The island's inhabitants live mostly on fishing.
Guvernul a construit un pod care leagă insula de continent.
The government built a bridge linking the island to the mainland.
Izolarea geografică a insulei a favorizat apariția unor specii endemice unice.
The island's geographic isolation favored the emergence of unique endemic species.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | insulă | insule |
| Genitive | insulei | insulelor |
| Accusative | insulă | insule |
| Vocative | insulo | insulelor |
Word family
Etymology
Insulă comes from Latin insula, meaning island. The origin of the Latin word itself is disputed among linguists, with no agreed derivation from an earlier Indo-European root. Romanian kept the word through direct descent from Latin, unlike many other Romanian terms that came later through French or Slavic influence.
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