Editing Ibiza (section)

==Names and pronunciation==
In standard [[British English]], the name is usually pronounced in an approximation of the [[Peninsular Spanish]] variant ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|ˈ|b|iː|θ|ə}} {{respell|ib|EE|thə}}).<ref>{{Cite OED|Ibiza}}</ref> In [[American English]], the pronunciation is generally closer to the [[Spanish language#Hispanic America|Latin American Spanish]] variant ({{IPAc-en|ɪ|ˈ|b|iː|z|ə}} {{respell|ib|EE|zə}},<ref>''Random House dictionary''</ref> {{IPAc-en|iː|ˈ|b|iː|s|ə}} {{respell|ee|BEE|sə}},<ref>''American Heritage Dictionary''</ref><ref>{{cite book | last=Jones | first=Daniel | author-link= Daniel Jones (phonetician) |author2=Peter Roach| title= English Pronouncing Dictionary| edition=16th | year=2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge|display-authors=etal}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Wells |first=John C. | author-link= John C. Wells | title=Longman Pronunuciation Dictionary | edition=2nd | year=2000 | publisher=Pearson Education Limited |location=Harlow}}</ref> and so forth), and the first syllable is never pronounced as a [[homophone]] of "eye".

Phoenician colonists called the island ''Ibossim''  or ''Iboshim'' (cf. Hebrew אִי־בּוֹשֵׂם, "Fragrance Island"), likely due the abundance of aromatic plants on the island. Other speculation is ({{langx|phn|𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤌}}, {{Smallcaps all|ʾybšm}},{{sfnp|Head & al.|1911|p=3}} "Dedicated to [[Bes]]").<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liveibiza.com/ibiza_literature/god_bes_ibiza.htm |title=Ibiza Literature, Literature in Ibiza |publisher=Liveibiza.com |access-date=2013-03-26 |archive-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704043421/http://www.liveibiza.com/ibiza_literature/god_bes_ibiza.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Kuhbier">{{Cite book|editor1=Kuhbier, Heinrich |editor2=Alcover, Josep Antoni |editor3=Guerau d'Arellano Tur, Cristòfol |year=1984 |title=Biogeography and Ecology of the Pityusic Islands |series=Monographiae Biologicae, Volume 52 |location=The Hague, The Netherlands |publisher=Dr. W. Junk (Kluwer) |page=1 |isbn=978-90-6193-105-8 }}</ref> It was later known to Romans as {{lang|la|Ebusus}}.

The [[Greeks]] called the two islands of Ibiza and [[Formentera]] the {{lang|grc-Latn|Pityoûssai}} ({{lang|grc|Πιτυοῦσσαι}}, probably meaning "Pine-Covered Islands").<ref>[https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/8297819.pdf Antoni Ordinas Garau, Jaume Binimelis Sebastián: ''Singularidades toponímicas de las islas Pitiusas''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001151452/https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/8297819.pdf |date=1 October 2023 }}(In Spanish)</ref> The Catalan name {{lang|ca|Pitiüses}} and the Spanish name {{lang|es|Pitiusas}} retain this Greek root.

Its name in [[Catalan language|Catalan]] is {{lang|ca|Eivissa}} pronounced ({{IPA|ca-es-ib|əjˈbisə|pron}}) in most dialects, but {{lang|ca|Eivissa}} ({{IPA|ca-es-ib|əjˈvisə|pron}}) in a minority of dialects including Valencian. The [[Spanish language|Spanish]] name is {{lang|es|Ibiza}} ({{IPA|es|iˈβiθa|pron}} in Spain / {{IPA|es|iˈβisa|}} in Latin America).

In the 18th and 19th centuries the island was known to the British and especially to the [[Royal Navy]] as ''Ivica'', possibly from an older Spanish orthography with {{angle bracket|[[ç]]}}.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|year=1845 |title=Ivica |encyclopedia=Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, Or, Universal Dictionary of Knowledge |volume=21 |location=London |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ijhOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA167 167]}}</ref>