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Colonsay

British  
/ ˈkɒlənseɪ, -zeɪ /

noun

  1. an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some services to Islay and Colonsay have already been cancelled in anticipation of the severe weather.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

CalMac cancelled sailings from Oban to Castlebay and Colonsay as well as those from Mallaig to Armadale, Oban and Lochboisdale and Small Isles.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2024

The company had restarted Colonsay in August 2021 after idling it for two years.

From Reuters • Dec. 7, 2022

Tilda Swinton, who has a family home on Colonsay, thinks “I Know Where I’m Going!” should be handed out by Scottish diplomats when they travel the globe.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

They gathered under the chiefs of Kintyre, Skye and Islay, with the lesser clans under MacNeil of Gigha, the MacAllisters of Loupe, and the MacPhees of Colonsay.

From The Book of Buried Treasure Being a True History of the Gold, Jewels, and Plate of Pirates, Galleons, etc., which are sought for to this day by Paine, Ralph Delahaye

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