Shetland

[ US /ˈʃɛtɫənd/ ]
NOUN
  1. a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands
  2. an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
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How To Use Shetland In A Sentence

  • Not just a gentle nibble as our Shetland sheep do lower down, but a strip of bark half an inch deep. Times, Sunday Times
  • A pilot whale died last Sunday morning after getting stuck in the Sullom Voe in Shetland. WalesOnline - Home
  • The accident threatened an ecological disaster for the remote Shetland Islands and its fishing, tourism and farming industries.
  • This caused thermal uplift of Scotland and the East Shetland platform and volcanic activity.
  • The captain and his crew were left drifting aimlessly on the tiny raft after their boat, the Gullborg, exploded south of Shetland almost 32 years ago.
  • He mellow torpedo in setophaga shetland uncrannied unbecomingly our drippiness tomalley and mundanity filmmaker. Rational Review
  • Shetland has been almost totally denuded while at least some remnants of ancient woodland remain on Orkney, hidden in deep defiles and remoter islands.
  • Jon plumped for the main course of skewered collops of Mallaig monkfish, but wasn't too keen on the other half of the combo, that Shetland salmon.
  • To see Scotland's biggest broch involves a trip much further north to Shetland.
  • (Kirkevaag) was made the seat of a diocese (diœcesis Orcadensis), in connexion with which a cathedra! chapter was later established, and the Shetland Islands were assigned it as an archidiaconate. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip
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