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1 Shetland
Shetland ['ʃetlənd]1 noun∎ the Shetlands les (îles fpl) Shetland fpl;∎ in the Shetlands or the Shetland Isles or the Shetland Islands dans les Shetland►► the Shetland Isles, the Shetland Islands les (îles fpl) Shetland fpl;Shetland pony poney m des Shetland;Shetland sheepdog berger m des Shetland;Shetland wool laine f d'Écosse ou de Shetland -
2 Shetland
tr['ʃetlənd]1 Shetland\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLShetland pony póney nombre masculino ShetlandShetland wool lana Shetland['ʃetlǝnd]1.2.CPDthe Shetland Islands, the Shetland Isles NPL — las islas Shetland
Shetland pony N — pony m de (las) Shetland
Shetland wool N — lana f de las Shetland
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3 British Isles
ⓘ British Isles Les Îles britanniques comprennent la Grande-Bretagne, l'Irlande (République d'Irlande et Irlande du Nord) et toutes les petites îles qui les entourent: the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, the Scilly Isles, the Channel Islands. -
4 British Isles
Iplural noun îles fpl britanniquesIILes îles britanniques comprennent la Grande-Bretagne, l'Irlande (République d'Irlande et Irlande du Nord) et toutes les petites îles qui les entourent: the Shetland Islands, the Orkney Islands, the Hebrides, the Isle of Man, the Scilly Isles, the Channel Islands -
5 Shetlandsøerne
the Shetland Isles, the Shetlands. -
6 Shetlandsøyene
subst. the Shetland Isles, the Shetlands -
7 Shulah Wool
Grey wool from the Shetland Isles. -
8 île
île° [il]feminine noun► île flottante ( = dessert) île flottante► les îles Sous-le-Vent/du Vent the Leeward/Windward Islands* * *ilnom féminin islandPhrasal Verbs:* * *il1. nf2. îles nfpl* * *île artificielle ( pour forage) artificial island; l'île de Beauté Tourisme Corsica; île flottante Culin floating island; île de glace Sci ice island.[il] nom fémininvivre sur ou dans une île to live on an islandles îles de la mer Égée the Aegean ou Greek Islands2. (littéraire & vieilli) [colonie]les Îles the Caribbean (Islands), the West Indies3. CUISINEles îles Aléoutiennes the Aleutian Islandsles îles Anglo-Normandes the Channel Islandsles îles Australes the Tubuai ou Austral Islandsles îles Bahrayn ou Bahreïn the Bahrain ou Bahrein Islandsles îles Baléares the Balearic Islandsles îles Britanniques the British Islesles îles Canaries the Canary Islandsles îles du Cap Vert the Cape Verde Islandsles îles Carolines the Caroline Islandsl'île Christmas Christmas Islandles îles Comores the Comorosl'île d'Elbe Elbales îles Éoliennes the Aeolian Islandsles îles Falkland the Falkland Islands, the Falklandsles îles Féroé the Faeroesles îles Fidji the Fiji Islandsles îles Galapagos the Galapagos Islandsles îles Hébrides the Hebridesles îles Ioniennes the Ionian Islandsles îles Kouriles the Kuril ou Kurile Islandsles îles Maldives the Maldivesles îles Malouines the Falkland Islands, the Falklandsl'île de Man the Isle of Manles îles Mariannes the Mariana Islandsles îles Marquises the Marquesas Islandsles îles Marshall the Marshall Islandsl'île Maurice Mauritiusles îles Moluques the Molucca Islands, the Moluccasl'île du Nord North Islandl'île d'Ouessant (the Isle of) Ushantl'île de Pâques Easter Islandl'île du Prince-Édouard Prince Edward Islandl'île de la Réunion Réunion Islandles îles Salomon the Solomon Islandsl'île de Sein the Ile de Seinles îles Shetland the Shetland Islands, the Shetlandsles îles de la Sonde the Sunda Islandsles îles Sorlingues the Scilly Islandsles îles Sous-le-Vent (aux Antilles) the Netherlands (and Venezuelan) Antilles; (en Polynésie) the Leeward Islands, the Western Society Islands;l'île du Sud South Islandl'île de la Trinité Trinidadles îles Turks et Caicos the Turks and Caicos Islandsl'île Vancouver Vancouver Islandles îles du Vent (aux Antilles) the Windward Islands; (en Polynésie) the Eastern Society Islands;les îles Vierges the Virgin Islandsl'île de Wight the Isle of Wight -
9 EY
I)adv.ey manni þat veit, no man knows.(gen. eyjar, dat. ey and eyju; pl. eyjar), f. an island.* * *gen. eyjar; dat. eyju and ey, with the article eyinni and eyjunni; acc. ey; pl. eyjar, gen. eyja, dat. eyjum; in Norway spelt and proncd. öy; [Dan. öe; Swed. ö; Ivar Aasen öy; Germ. aue; cp. Engl. eyot, leas-ow, A. S. êg-land, Engl. is-land; in Engl. local names -ea or -ey, e. g. Chels-ea, Batters-ea, Cherts-ey, Thorn-ey, Osn-ey, Aldern-ey, Orkn-ey, etc.]:—an island, Fas. ii. 299, Skálda 172, Eg. 218, Grág. ii. 131, Eb. 12; eyjar nef, the ‘neb’ or projection of an island, Fb. iii. 316.2. in various compds; varp-ey, an island where wild birds lay eggs; eyði-ey, a deserted island; heima-ey, a home island; bæjar-ey, an inhabited island; út-eyjar, islands far out at sea; land-eyjar, an island in an inlet, Landn.: a small island close to a larger one is called a calf (eyjar-kálfr), the larger island being regarded as the cow, (so the southernmost part of the Isle of Man is called the Calf of Man): it is curious that ‘islanders’ are usually not called eyja-menn ( islandmen), but eyjar-skeggjar, m. pl. ‘island-beards;’ this was doubtless originally meant as a nickname to denote the strange habits of islanders, Fas. i. 519 (in a verse), Fær. 151, 656 C. 22, Fms. ii. 169, viii. 283, Grett. 47 new Ed.; but eyja-menn, m. pl., Valla L. 228, Eb. 316 (and in mod. usage), cp. also Götu-skeggjar, the men of Gata, a family, Landn.; eyja-sund, n. a sound or narrow strait between two islands, Eg. 93, Fms. ii. 64, 298.3. in local names: from the shape, Lang-ey, Flat-ey, Há-ey, Drang-ey: from cattle, birds, beasts, Fær-eyjar, Lamb-ey, Sauð-ey, Hrút-ey, Yxn-ey, Hafr-ey, Svín-ey, Kið-ey, Fugl-ey, Arn-ey, Æð-ey, Má-ey, Þern-ey, Úlf-ey, Bjarn-ey: from vegetation, Eng-ey, Akr-ey, Við-ey, Brok-ey, Mos-ey: from the quarters of heaven, Austr-ey, Norðr-ey, Vestr-ey, Suðr-ey (Engl. Sudor): an island at ebb time connected with the main land is called Örfiris-ey, mod. Öffurs-ey (cp. Orfir in the Orkneys): from other things, Fagr-ey, Sand-ey, Straum-ey, Vé-ey ( Temple Isle), Eyin Helga, the Holy Isle (cp. Enhallow in the Orkneys). Eyjar is often used κατ ἐξοχήν of the Western Isles, Orkneys, Shetland, and Sudor, hence Eyja-jarl, earl of the Isles (i. e. Orkneys), Orkn. (freq.); in southern Icel. it is sometimes used of the Vestmanna eyjar.β. in old poets ey is a favourite word in circumlocutions of women, vide Lex. Poët.; and in poetical diction ey is personified as a goddess, the sea being her girdle, the glaciers her head-gear; hence the Icel. poetical compd ey-kona. For tales of wandering islands, and giants removing islands from one place to another, vide Ísl. Þjóðs. i. 209.4. in female pr. names, Þór-ey, Bjarg-ey, Landn.: but if prefixed—as in Eyj-úlfr, Ey-steinn, Ey-mundr, Ey-vindr, Ey-dís, Ey-fríðr, Ey-vör, Ey-þjófr, etc.—ey belongs to a different root.COMPD: eyjaklasi. -
10 VESTR
n.1) the west (frá vestri ok til norðrs); sá ek fugl fljúga ór vestri, from the west;2) adv. westwards, west, towards the west (hvert sinn er þá ríðr v. eða vestan); þykki þér eigi gott v. þar, there in the west; sigla v. um haf, to sail westwards over the sea, to the British Isles.* * *n., gen. vestrs, [A. S., Engl., and Germ. west; Dan. vester]:—the west; sól í vestri, K. Þ. K., Landn. 276; til vestrs, Sks. 179; í vestri miðju, Rb. 92; í vestr, towards west.II. as adv. to the westward; ríða vestr eða vestan, Ld. 126; vestr til Breiðafjarðar, Nj. 1: of western Icel., þykki þér eigi gott vestr þar, 11; vestr, in the west, Bs. i. 4, 31.2. westwards, towards the British Isles, a standing phrase (cp. the use of Hesperia in Lat.); sigla vestr um haf, to sail westwards over the sea, Fms. i. 22, Orkn. 144; sækja vestr til Eyja, west to the Orkneys ( Shetland), Orkn. 136; vestr fór ek of ver, I journeyed westward over the sea, Höfuðl. 1; in which last passage it is even used of a voyage from Iceland to England; til ríkja þeirra er liggja vestr þar, Orkn. 144. -
11 Britain Brit·ain n
['brɪtən](also: Great Britain) la Gran BretagnaSee:Cultural note: BRITAIN Chiamare "Inghilterra" la Gran Bretagna non solo è scorretto ma può anche risultare offensivo per gli scozzesi e i gallesi. È consigliabile usare Gran Bretagna, Britain o Great Britain, Regno Unito, the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) o UK, Isole Britanniche, the British Isles. La Gran Bretagna è la maggiore isola dell'arcipelago britannico e consta di tre regioni: Inghilterra, Scozia e Galles. Le Isole Britanniche comprendono la Gran Bretagna, l'Irlanda, le Ebridi, le Orcadi, le Shetland, l'isola di Man, l'isola di Anglesey, l'isola di Wight e altre isole minori. Politicamente si distinguono il Regno Unito di Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord e la Repubblica d'Irlanda o Eire. Il Regno Unito è lo stato costituito da Gran Bretagna e Irlanda del Nord. È una monarchia parlamentare e fa parte dell'Unione Europea.
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