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Shetland Islands   /ʃˈɛtlənd ˈaɪləndz/   Listen
Shetland Islands

noun
1.
An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.  Synonyms: Shetland, Zetland.






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... from Russian Novgorod to Norway. The North Sea group, first under the leadership of Holland, later under England's guidance, became a single community of advancing culture, which was a later reflection of the early community of race stretching from the Faroe and Shetland Islands to the Rhine and the Elbe. This same process has been going on for ages about the marginal basins of eastern Asia, the Yellow and Japan Seas. Community of race and culture stamps China, Korea and Japan. A general advance in civilization under the leadership of Japan, ...
— Influences of Geographic Environment - On the Basis of Ratzel's System of Anthropo-Geography • Ellen Churchill Semple



Words linked to "Shetland Islands" :   Zetland, Scotland, archipelago, Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Shetland



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