Insula is the Latin word for "island" and may refer to:
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Insula (Roman city)
The Latin word ''insula'' (literally meaning "island", plural ''insulae'') 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 occ ...
, 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", plural ''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 building.
''Insulae'' ho ...
, 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
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...
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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 and frontal lobes) within each hemisphere of the mammalian ...
, a brain structure
* "Insula", a 2020 song by Moses Sumney from ''
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