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/ˈʃɛtɫənd/
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NOUN
- a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands
- an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
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
