islander

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See also: Islander, and Isländer

English

Etymology

From island +‎ -er. Displaced Middle English insulane (“islander”), from Latin īnsulānus (“islander”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪləndə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈaɪləndɚ/
Audio (US): (file)
Homophone: highlander (H-dropping accents)

Noun

islander (plural islanders)

A person who lives on an island.

Synonyms

islandman, island-man, island man, insular

Hyponyms

islandwoman, island-woman, island woman

Related terms

Translations

person who lives on an island

Arabic: جَزَرِيّ m (jazariyy), جَزَرِيَّة f (jazariyya)
Armenian: կղզիաբնակ (hy) (kġziabnak)
Belarusian: астраўля́нін m (astraŭljánin), астраўля́нка f (astraŭljánka)
Catalan: illenc m, illenca f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 島民／岛民 (zh) (dǎomín), 島上居民／岛上居民 (dǎo shàng jūmín)
Czech: ostrovan (cs) m, ostrovanka (cs) f
Danish: øbo (da) c, øboer (da) c
Dutch: eilander (nl) m, eilandster f, eilandbewoner (nl) m, eilandbewoonster f
Esperanto: insulano (eo), insulanino (female)
Estonian: saarlane (et)
Faroese: oyggjarbúgvi m, oyggjarskeggi m
Finnish: saarelainen (fi), saaristolainen
French: insulaire (fr) m or f, habitant d’une île m, habitante d’une île f, habitant de l’île m, habitante de l’île f, îlien (fr) m, îlienne (fr) f
Galician: insular (gl)
Georgian: კუნძულის მცხოვრები (ḳunʒulis mcxovrebi), კუნძულის მკვიდრი (ḳunʒulis mḳvidri), კუნძულელი (ḳunʒuleli)
German: Inselbewohner (de) m, Inselbewohnerin (de) f, Insulaner (de) m, Insulanerin (de) f
Greek: νησιώτης (el) m (nisiótis), νησιώτισσα (el) f (nisiótissa)
Ancient: νησιώτης m (nēsiṓtēs)
Icelandic: eybúi m, eybyggi m, eyjarmaður m, eyjarskeggi (is) m
Ido: insulano (io), insulanulo, insulanino (female)
Ingrian: saarelain
Irish: oileánach (ga) m
Italian: isolano (it) m, isolana (it) f
Japanese: 島民 (ja) (とうみん, tōmin)
Ladino: adalí m, adaliya f
Latin: insulānus m
Macedonian: островјанин m (ostrovjanin), оствовјанка f (ostvovjanka)
Navajo: táłkááʼ kéyah dineʼé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: øyboer m, øybuer m, øybu m

Nynorsk: øybuar m, øybu m
Pijin: aelanda
Polish: wyspiarz (pl) m, wyspiarka (pl) f
Portuguese: ilhéu (pt) m, ilhoa (pt) f
Russian: островитя́нин (ru) m (ostrovitjánin), островитя́нка (ru) f (ostrovitjánka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: острвљанин m, острвљанка f, оточанин m, оточанка f

Roman: ostrvljanin m, ostrvljanka f, otočanin (sh) m, otočanka (sh) f
Slovak: ostrovan m, ostrovanka f
Spanish: isleño (es) m, isleña (es) f, insulano m
Swedish: öbo (sv) c
Turkish: adalı (tr)
Ukrainian: острів'я́нин m (ostrivʺjányn), острів'я́нка f (ostrivʺjánka), остров'я́нин m (ostrovʺjányn), остров'я́нка f (ostrovʺjánka)
Volapük: nisulan (vo), hinisulan (male), jinisulan (female)

Anagrams

linderas, Irelands, sireland, Ladniers, Seriland, Sindelar, sire-land

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