Shetland Synonyms

shĕtlənd
An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shetland-islands
  2. zetland
A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. shetland-sheepdog
  2. Shetland sheep dog

Words Related to Shetland

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. orkney
  2. highland
  3. caithness
  4. sanday
  5. skye
  6. unst
  7. gigha
  8. islay
  9. tiree
  10. lerwick
  11. arran
  12. foula
  13. campbeltown
  14. faeroe
  15. oban

Shetland Sentence Examples

  • Both Noss and Bressay are utilized in connexion with the rearing of Shetland ponies.

  • The Basuto ponies, said to be descended from Shetland ponies which, imported to the Cape in 1840, strayed into the mountains, are short-legged, strong-bodied, sure-footed, and noted for their hardiness.

  • The white and black varieties of this species were cultivated in England and Scotland from remote times, and are still grown as a crop in Orkney and Shetland.

  • Four instances have, however, been recorded of its occurrence on the British coasts, one on the coast of Norfolk in 1588, one in the Firth of Forth in 1648, one near Boston in Lincolnshire in 1800, while a fourth entangled itself among rocks in the Sound of Weesdale, Shetland, in September 1808.

  • The distance from Dennis Head in North Ronaldshay of the Orkneys to Sumburgh Head in Shetland is 50 m., but Fair Isle, which belongs to Shetland, lies midway between the groups.

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