Insula is the Latin word for "island" and may refer to:
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Insula (Roman city)
The Latin word (; : ) was used in Roman cities to mean either a city block in a city plan (i.e. a building area surrounded by four streets) or later a type of apartment building that occupied such a city block specifically in Rome and nearb ...
, a block in a Roman city plan surrounded by four streets
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Insula (building)
In Roman architecture, an ''insula'' (Latin for "island", : ''insulae'') was one of two things: either a kind of apartment building, or a city block. This article deals with the former definition, that of a type of apartment building.
''Insulae' ...
, a kind of apartment building in ancient Rome that provided housing for all but the elite
*''Ínsula Barataria'', the governorship assigned to Sancho Panza as a prank in the novel ''
Don Quixote
, the full title being ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'', is a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts in 1605 and 1615, the novel is considered a founding work of Western literature and is of ...
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Insular cortex
The insular cortex (also insula and insular lobe) is a portion of the cerebral cortex folded deep within the lateral sulcus (the fissure separating the temporal lobe from the parietal lobe, parietal and frontal lobes) within each brain hemisphere ...
, a brain structure
* "Insula", a 2020 song by Moses Sumney from ''
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