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Staffa

American  
[staf-uh] / ˈstæf ə /

noun

  1. an island in W Scotland, in the Hebrides: site of Fingal's Cave.


Staffa British  
/ ˈstæfə /

noun

  1. an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides west of Mull: site of Fingal's Cave

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Boat excursions to Staffa, a nearby island, offer the geological marvel Fingal’s Cave and puffin sightings.

From Washington Post • Nov. 24, 2021

But good ones, like this wine from La Staffa, grown in the Castelli di Jesi region in the northern Marche near the Adriatic, reawaken curiosity.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018

Her boyfriend, Colin Balmer, 24, from Staffa Drive, Ballymena, was driving the car.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2014

Little wonder that Mendelssohn himself, on a trip to Mull, Iona and Staffa, was inspired to write the Hebrides Overture.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2012

This was Staffa, something more than thirty-odd miles off, but which, in the thin atmosphere of a calm day, might easily be traced out from the little cove of Port-na-Whapple.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

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