Shetland
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (“hilt”) and land (“land”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Shetland
- The Shetland Islands.
- A historical county of Scotland.
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Translations[edit]
Shetland Islands — see Shetland Islands
Noun[edit]
Shetland (countable and uncountable, plural Shetlands)
- (uncountable) A particular breed of pony.
- (countable) A pony of this breed.
- (uncountable) A particular breed of sheep.
- (countable) A sheep of this breed.
- (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of shetland: light, loose wool fabric.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 24:
- ...I'll tell you what else is a fact. It's a fact that he is wearing his blue Shetland turtle-neck today. Even as we speak his body is moving inside it. Warm and quick. It's more than flesh and blood can stand.
Synonyms[edit]
- (breed of pony): Shetland pony (more common)
- (pony): Shetland pony (more common)
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Dutch[edit]
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Shetland n
- Shetland
- Synonyms: Shetlandeilanden, (obsolete) Hitland
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Further reading[edit]
Shetland on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Shetland
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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Sjetland (alternative spelling)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Shetland, from Scots Shetland, from Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland. Doublet of Hjaltland.
Proper noun[edit]
Shetland
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Slovak[edit]
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Shetland
Swedish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Shetland n (genitive Shetlands)
- Shetland Islands (group of islands); Contraction of Shetlandsöarna.
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