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shetland

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shetland.

Editorial note

See the Shetland Times vs Shetland News.

Examples19
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A historical county of Scotland.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of shetland gathered in one view.

noun

A historical county of Scotland.

noun

Lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.

noun

Ellipsis of the Shetland Islands: an archipelago and council area of Scotland.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shetland.

Example sentences

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See the Shetland Times vs Shetland News.

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Our shetland sheepdog as kids was super smart (and funny as a consequence) in this huge vocabulary way too.

3

Maybe the idea is to keep using French Guiana for full-scale Ariane launches, and Shetland for cheap launches of little things that would be too expensive to ship across the Atlantic?

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Places like Orkney and Shetland are very proud of their Viking heritage - e.g.

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But, are those polar orbits more accessible from Shetland than from more equatorial locations?

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I took this ferry last summer, pretty much didn't leave the cabin (except to look at Shetland Islands), only just before arriving.

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We have one recently completed in the Shetland Islands, the SaxaVord Spaceport [0], which has been given approval to do up to 30 launches a year.

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As a young child I went mackerel fishing on a small boat in Shetland with my father and a local he knew.

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I guess it could be a Shetland pony or something if I were to be generous, but of course it's just bad AI.

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Also for the islands, if Orkney and Shetland voted No, then there's far less chance that rest-of-Scotland will form a navy and start attacking them as their first action?

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I'm originally from Shetland, but moved to the Scottish Borders when I was young, and do remember people had a very hard time understanding my Shetland dialect (which I had to lose pretty quickly to communicate locally).

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My Shetland Sheepdog had near 100% accuracy going and finding a huge selection of latex toys (caterpillars, alligators, and so on) and knew them all by name, many by name and color.

Quote examples

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Shetland News "In 1996 the Shetland Times newspaper filed a lawsuit against the Shetland News for linking to Times' articles.

2

I've been told that some NHS boards were using MGs as "pool" cars, but the only example I can find a reference for is Shetland.

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Shetland is "a subarctic archipelago", meaning it's going to be cold most of the time, not to mention remote.

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Note to non-UK readers: Most of the time when someone says they are in the “North East of the UK” it’s not some Scotsman up in Shetland it is an English person who is currently in the North East of England.

Proper noun examples

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Shetland is closer than that, if a bit shorter on cool lizards and post-launch umbrella drinks.

2

You could fit the UK (including NI, Shetland, Jersey etc) in 2/3rds of California.

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At this point im just going to move to Shetland, live in a hut and spend the next 30 years making wooden boats.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use shetland in a sentence?

See the Shetland Times vs Shetland News.

What does shetland mean?

A historical county of Scotland.

What part of speech is shetland?

shetland is commonly used as noun.