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Definition of Outer hebrides
1. Noun. A 130-mile long archipelago to the northwest of Scotland.
Generic synonyms: Archipelago
Definition of Outer hebrides
1. Proper noun. An archipelago of the Hebrides in Scotland, separated from the Inner Hebrides by the Little Minch. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outer Hebrides
Literary usage of Outer hebrides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"THE POWERS OF EVIL IN THE outer hebrides. BY MISS A. GOODRICH-FREER. IN presenting
the following traditions I make no claim to offer anything which is new ..."
2. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"THE POWERS OF EVIL IN THE outer hebrides. BY MISS A. GOODRICH-FREER. IN presenting
the following traditions I make no claim to offer anything which is new ..."
3. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"From the manner in which the outer hebrides have been traversed by ice coming
from the mainland, one might have expected to meet with many foreign erratics ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1842)
"THE only account of the Natural History of the outer hebrides that has yet been
published is that of Professor Mac- Gillivray*j and it being now upwards of ..."
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