Zetland

See also: zetland

English

Proper noun

Zetland

1. (historical) Until 1974, the official name for the Shetland Islands.
   • 1822, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Pirate. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC, page 3:

     That long, narrow, and irregular island, usually called the Main-Land of Zetland, because it is by far the largest of that Archipelago, terminates, as is well known to the mariners who navigate the stormy seas which surround the Thule of the ancients, in a cliff of tremendous height, entitled Sumburgh-Head, which presents its bare scalp and naked sides to the weight of a tremendous surge, and forms the extreme point of the isle to the south-east.

2. An inner southern suburb of the City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, named after Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland.

Translations

old name for the Shetland Islands

• French: Zetland (fr)

French

Proper noun

Zetland m

1. (historical) The Shetland Islands