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Definition of Hebridean isles
1. Noun. A group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland.
Group relationships: Scotland
Terms within: Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Derivative terms: Hebridean
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hebridean Isles
Literary usage of Hebridean isles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"Politically all the hebridean isles aro attached to Scotland. The counties among
which they are distributed are those of Ross, Inverness, ..."
2. Cornell's High School Geography: Forming Part Third of a Sytematic Series of by Sarah S. Cornell (1877)
"The Western, or hebridean isles, exhibit traces of volcanic action; and lonely
Iceland, situated in the regions of eternal snow, contains no less than 80 ..."
3. Scotland by David Whyte (1998)
"It is now by far the largest port and gateway on the west coast, serving the
hebridean isles. The town is a solid, Victorian holiday Mecca with coach-loads ..."
4. The Scottish Nation: Or, The Surnames, Families, Literature, Honours, and by William Anderson (1877)
"Alexander offered to resign to Haco the sovereignty of all the western or Hebridean
isles, claiming as belonging to Scotland only those of Arrau, Bute, ..."
5. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"Politically all the hebridean isles aro attached to Scotland. The counties among
which they are distributed are those of Ross, Inverness, Argyll, and Bute. ..."
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