Isabel

American  

[iz-uh-bel] / ˈɪz əˌbɛl /

Also Isabelle,

noun

1. a female given name.

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Example Sentences

Emmerdale's Isabel Hodgins, who plays Victoria Sugden, also spoke to BBC Radio Manchester ahead of her feature in the crossover episode.

From BBC

The popularity of these toys "may have something to do with wanting to feel companiable", Isabel Galleymore of the University of Birmingham, in the UK, says.

From BBC

Mr. Restall quotes the iconoclast mayor in “The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus,” a somewhat unconventional biography of the man who was born Cristoforo Colombo; became Christovam Colom upon moving to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, in 1476; and reinvented himself one last time—as Cristóbal Colón—upon his migration to the Spanish city of Seville, a decade later, in the service of Queen Isabel of Castile.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Ocean Sea is what the Iberians called the Atlantic, and on Columbus was bestowed the title of grand admiral of this vast and unexplored body of water, a remarkable achievement for the son of a foreign artisan who was scorned by snooty Spaniards as they “watched him scurry” after Queen Isabel, writes Mr. Restall, “doggedly pursuing royal patronage.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But Isabel Losada’s book encourages readers to undertake a seemingly impossible mission: finding delight in navigating the absurd situations that committed environmentalists inevitably face, rather than succumbing to frustration.

From Los Angeles Times