Western Isles
Britishnoun
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Gaelic name: Eilean Siar. an island authority in W Scotland, consisting of the Outer Hebrides; created in 1975. Administrative centre: Stornoway. Pop: 26 100 (2003 est). Area: 2900 sq km (1120 sq miles)
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Also called: Western Islands. another name for Hebrides
Example Sentences
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But the SNP did not have it all its own way, losing the Western Isles to Labour, as well as seats in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Time on the Western Isles passes like “a slow tide,” Mr. Stuart writes, and the novel abides by that erosive pace.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Trump previously said he built the course in memory of his mother, who was born and raised in Lewis in the Western Isles.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
CalMac has now abandoned plans to temporarily re-deploy Glen Sannox to the Western Isles routes and it will stay on the Arran service once it is fixed.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
In the Western Isles of Scotland idiots are supposed to be the fairies’ changelings, and, in order to regain the lost child, parents have recourse to the following device.
From Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thiselton-Dyer, Thomas Firminger
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