1. Shetland Islands - Noun
2. Shetland Islands - Proper noun
an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Source: WordNetYou must never call it the Shetlands. Islanders are proud and can be prickly about the name: it's either Shetland or the Shetland Islands. Ann Cleeves
Operated by Directflight Ltd. in partnership with Shetland Islands Council, it is devoted to inter-island flights from the Shetland Mainland to most of the inhabited islands. Source: Internet
Shetland Islands Council state there are 15 inhabited islands, and count East and West Burra, which are joined by a bridge, as a single unit. Source: Internet
The Orkney and Shetland Islands and the Northeast of Scotland are also covered by the warning with "delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport expected, particularly for high-sided vehicles on exposed routes and bridges". Source: Internet
Shetland Islands Council (2010) p. 10 Only 16 of about 100 islands are inhabited. Source: Internet
Their destination was a small base in the Shetland Islands. Source: Internet