Hebrides

Speech parts

1. Hebrides - Noun

2. Hebrides - Proper noun

Meaning

a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland

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Examples

Or where the Northern ocean, in vast whirls, Boils round the naked melancholy isles Of farthest Thulè, and th' Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrides. James Thomson (poet)

A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard; In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird, Breaking the silence of the seas; Among the farthest Hebrides. William Wordsworth

A new BBC ALBA documentary offers a glimpse into the lives of islanders in the Outer Hebrides through the harsh winter months and features a real-life ‘mermaid’. Source: Internet

Armit (2003) p. 51 notes that of 140 Atlantic roundhouses in the Outer Hebrides only 14 have been "at least partially excavated". Source: Internet

As such many of these islands fell under Norwegian and Uí Ímair hegemony between the 9th and 13th centuries and this Norse influence would see almost constant warfare on the western seaboard of Scotland until the partitioning of the Hebrides in 1156. Source: Internet

Attempts to eliminate hedgehogs from bird colonies on the Scottish islands of North Uist and Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides were met with international outrage. Source: Internet

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