Northern Isles
Britishplural noun
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The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for wind for much of Scotland, excluding the Northern Isles, as well as the far north of Northern Ireland and England.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Some of the highest prices are in island and rural areas, including 238.8p and 223p in the Hebrides and 209.0p and 208.9p in the Northern Isles.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The Scottish government has invested £10m in the pilot, which has been tested in the Highlands, Western and Northern Isles, Moray, and Argyll and Bute for the past year.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The warning covers parts of Argyll and Bute, the west Highlands, Western Isles and Northern Isles.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
It might have been heard not only in Scandinavia and the Northern Isles, but in a great part of the British Islands, in Normandy, in Russia—along the river-road that ran to Constantinople—and in Constantinople itself.
From The Unity of Civilization by Various
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