Name
The official name of the island is in Catalan Eivissa . The name in Spanish is Ibiza . In British English, the name is usually pronounced in an approximation of the Spanish (/ɪˈbiːθəˌ ɪˈviːθə/), while in American English the pronunciation is more anglicized, or closer to Latin American Spanish (/ɪˈbiːzə/, /iːˈbiːsə/).
The origin of the name is the Phoenician אִיבּוֹסִים, Ibosim.
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