Meaning of вы́спа | Babel Free

Definitions

1. isle, island (a contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water)
   dated, proscribed
2. islet (a small island, typically on a river or lake)

Examples

“It seems that the Doctor had hired one of the things they call cabs, and had driven half over the island inspecting the geology, but had clean forgotten that he had no money on him.”

“Новая Гвінэя займае плошчу ў 774 тысячы кв. міль. Пасьля Грэнляндыі гэта самая вялікая выспа на зямлі.”

New Guinea covers an area of 774 thousand square miles. After Greenland, it is the largest island on Earth.

“Marskija vyspy, Buena Vista.”

Islands in the sea, Buena Vista.

“Švejk, když mu přinesli vyrozumění, že se má za týden dostavit na Střelecký ostrov k lékařské prohlídce, ležel právě v posteli, stižen opětně revmatismem.”

When they brought Švejk a summons to appear for military conscription on Střelecký island in a week, he was lying in bed, bent over once again by rheumatism.

“Ён абышоў выспу цалкам, знайшоў шчаўе і чабор, а таксама зарасці арэшніка і нейкія чырвоныя ягады, на далёкім канцы выспы.”

He walked around the whole islet, finding sorrel and thyme, as well as hazel thickets and some red berries at the far end of the islet.

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