Isle of Man

English

Etymology

Isle + of + Man

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaɪl ə(v) ˈmæn/

Proper noun

the Isle of Man

1. An island in the Irish Sea, a British Crown dependency that is part of the British Isles but not of the United Kingdom.

Synonyms

• Man, Mann

Hypernyms

• island, isle

Related terms

• Manx
• Manxman
• Manxwoman

Translations

island

• Afrikaans: Eiland Man
• Armenian: Մեն կղզի (Men kġzi)
• Breton: Manav (br), Enez Vanav f
• Catalan: Man (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬恩島／马恩岛 (zh) (Mǎ'ēndǎo), 马恩岛 (zh) (Mǎ'ēn dǎo), 曼島／曼岛 (zh) (Màndǎo), 曼岛 (zh) (Màn dǎo)

• Cornish: Enys Vanow f, Manow f
• Dutch: Man (nl)
• Esperanto: Manksinsulo
• Estonian: Mani saar
• Faroese: Mon f
• Finnish: Mansaari (fi)
• French: l’île de Man (fr) f
• Galician: Illa de Man f
• German: Insel Man (de)
• Greek: Νήσος του Μαν f (Nísos tou Man)
• Icelandic: Mön f
• Irish: Oileán Mhanann m, Manainn f
• Italian: Isola di Man
• Japanese: マン島 (ja) (Man-tō)
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• Latin: Monapia
• Macedonian: Ман m (Man)
• Manx: Ellan Vannin f, Mannin (gv)
• Norman: Île dé Man f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Man

  Nynorsk: Man

• Old English: Manīeġ
• Polish: Wyspa Man (pl)
• Portuguese: Ilha de Man (pt)
• Romanian: Insula Man
• Russian: о́стров Мэн m (óstrov Mɛn)
• Scots: Isle o Man, Inch o Man
• Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Mhanainn, Manainn
• Serbo-Croatian: Otok Man m
• Slovene: Otok Man
• Spanish: la isla de Man f
• Swedish: Man (sv)
• Volapük: Mäneän (vo)
• Welsh: Ynys Manaw f

Further reading

• Isle of Man on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Isle of Man”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.