Insula Definition

ĭnsə-lə, ĭnsyə-
insulae
noun
A small interior lobe of the cerebral cortex associated with various functions, as emotional response, perception, and motor control.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Insula

Noun

Singular:
insula
Plural:
insulas

Origin of Insula

  • New Latin īnsula from Latin island

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Insula Sentence Examples

  • The insula Batavorum, lined with forts,.

  • Thus Dulcert reads Insula de Lanzarotus and Marocelus, the Laurentian map I.

  • The word first occurs in Sir Thomas More's Utopia, which was originally published in Latin under the title De Optimo Reipublicae Statu, deque Nova Insula Utopia (Louvain, 1516).

  • In 1257 Baldwin de Insula obtained a grant of a Thursday market, and an annual three days' fair at the feast of St Peter ad Vincula.

  • The island between the two arms acquired the name of Insula Sacra (still called Isola Sacra) by which Procopius mentions it.

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Words Starting With

IININS

Words Ending With

ALAULA

Unscrambles

insula

Words Starting With I and Ending With A

Starts With I & Ends With AStarts With IN & Ends With AStarts With I & Ends With LA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With I6 Letter Words Ending With A