Shetland
A particular breed of ponyA particular breed of pony.
» The Shetland Islands are part of the United Kingdom.
Die Shetlandinseln sind Teil des Vereinigten Königreiches. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sentencesThe Shetland Islands are part of the United Kingdom.
deDie Shetlandinseln sind Teil des Vereinigten Königreiches. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
4 senses(uncountable)A particular breed of pony.
(countable)A pony of this breed.
(uncountable)A particular breed of sheep.
(countable)A sheep of this breed.
- an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
- a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands
Origin
From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, by surface analysis,From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, by surface analysis, hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Andrew Jennings suggests the name derives from the tribal name Calēdonēs (as in Caledonia), considering the geographer Ptolemy already called the sea north of Scotland ὠκεανός Δουηκαλεδονίος (ōkeanós Douēkaledoníos); if this is correct, the borrowing into Germanic would need to have occurred at such an early date that it took part in the Germanic sound-shift, changing *kalid- to *halit-, after which it underwent folk etymological reshaping to Old Norse hjalt (“hilt”).
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Forms
plural: ShetlandsSynonyms
5 synonyms- an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland:Shetland IslandsZetland
- a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands:Shetland sheepdogShetland sheep dog
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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