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Definition of Shetland islands

1. Noun. An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.

Definition of Shetland islands

1. Proper noun. A group of islands of Scotland, roughly north-east of the Orkney Islands. ¹

2. Proper noun. The region of Scotland comprising these islands. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shetland Islands

Literary usage of Shetland islands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset (1915)
"In the reign of King Olav Tryggvason the shetland islands were united with the kingdom of Norway; Christianity was introduced, and the Norse system of law ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"... OF THE ORKNEY AND shetland islands (1460 AD) An important acquisition to the Scottish dominions was effected in this reign, feeble as it was. ..."

3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"shetland islands, or Zetland, a group in the Atlantic ocean, ... The Shetland islands with the Orkneys form a district which returns one member to ..."

4. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1918)
"ARTHUR G. TILLMAN, THE shetland islands La Crosse, Wis. THE shetland islands, a group of one hundred islands lying about fifty miles northeast of Scotland, ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1869)
"Report on the Annelids dredged off (he shetland islands by Mr. Gywn Jeffreys, 1867-G8. ... in his dredging-expedition to the shetland islands last year ..."

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