Isabela

American  

[iz-uh-bel-uh, ee-sah-be-lah] / ˌɪz əˈbɛl ə, ˌi sɑˈβɛ lɑ /

noun

1. a city in northwestern Puerto Rico.

2. former name of Basilan.

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Example Sentences

As liquor is shared, Isabela tries to stuff all the clothing she has amassed into one suitcase.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Villamil brings a humorous edge to her performance, as Isabela dryly observes: “People always think they only gonna be here one year, no more. Save money, send money, don’t buy, work work. But they make life here over time by mistake. You think you got nothing, then is time to go, and you can’t even see the floor.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Isabela Brooker, who lives on the seventh floor, said she and her eight-and-a-half month old son Rafael were evacuated at 04:30 BST.

From BBC

Last year, Isabela Merced was living a double life.

From Los Angeles Times

She fills big shoes; Isabela Merced, who now stars in HBO’s “The Last of Us,” was cast in the first live-action, standalone 2019 film for the franchise, “Dora and the Lost City of Gold.”

From Los Angeles Times