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Shetland or the Shetland islands — is the accepted designation for the Scottish islands. The Shetlands is frowned on by some and thus better avoided. See also Orkney … Dictionary of troublesome word
Shetland Islands — Shetland Islander. /shet leuhnd/ an island group NE of the Orkney Islands: northernmost part of Great Britain. 18,494; 550 sq. mi. (1425 sq. km). Also called Shetland, Zetland. * * * or Zetland Islands Island group (pop., 2001: 21,988), Scotland … Universalium
Shetland Islands Council — The Shetland Islands Council is the local authority for the Shetland Islands. It was established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and is the successor to the former Lerwick Town Council and Zetland County Council. This council was… … Wikipedia
(the) Orkney Islands — the Orkney Islands [the Orkney Islands] (also Orkney, the Orkneys) a group of more than 70 islands off the north coast of Scotland … Useful english dictionary
Shetland Islands — Shet|land Is|lands also Shetland , the Shetlands the Shetland Islands a group of about 100 small islands off the north coast of Scotland, further north than the Orkneys. The main industries of the islands are fishing, farming, producing woollen… … Dictionary of contemporary English
South Shetland Islands — The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about 120 kilometres north of the Antarctic Peninsula. Fact|date=November 2007 Under the Antarctic Treaty 1959, the Islands sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the… … Wikipedia
Shetland-Islands — Sealtainn Flagge der Shetlandinseln … Deutsch Wikipedia
The Shetland Times — is a weekly newspaper publication in Shetland published every Friday, and a part of a long running successful publishing concern based in Lerwick, Shetland.The newspaper has a circulation of over 11,300. The Times, as it is commonly known, was… … Wikipedia
Shetland Islands — /ʃɛtlənd ˈaɪləndz/ (say shetluhnd uyluhndz) plural noun an island group off the north coast of Scotland, north east of the Orkney Islands, comprising an island authority of Scotland. 1425 km2. Administrative Centre: Lerwick. Also, Shetland,… …
Shetland Islands — isl. group NE of the Orkney Islands, comprising Shetland, a co. of Scotland; 551 mi.; pop. 17,000; cap. Lerwick … Webster's Gazetteer
