Hebrides

[heb-ri-deez]

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. a group of islands Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides off the W coast of and belonging to Scotland. About 2,900 sq. mi. (7,500 sq. km).

Hebrides

/ ˈhɛbrɪˌdiːz /

plural noun

1. Also known as: the Western Isles. a group of over 500 islands off the W coast of Scotland: separated by the North Minch, Little Minch, and the Sea of the Hebrides: the chief islands are Skye, Raasay, Rum, Eigg, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Jura, Colonsay, and Islay ( Inner Hebrides ), and Lewis with Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra ( Outer Hebrides )

Other Word Forms

• Hebridean adjective
• Hebridian adjective

Example Sentences

It moves across the Hebrides and then extends across Scotland from the west coast to the east coast during Tuesday daytime.

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Another is Harris tweed, the manufacturer of a fabric handwoven in the Outer Hebrides, which has risen from near death and now employs hundreds, selling its products all over the world.

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Gusts of 96 mph were recorded in the Inner Hebrides at the peak of the storm, which brought hundreds of trees down and caused damage to buildings.

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It has also been recorded at Market Weston Fen, Suffolk and on South Uist on Scotland's Outer Hebrides, making Anglesey one of only three places where the species exists in Britain.

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These lords turned Finlaggan into a power base from where they controlled the Hebrides, Argyll and parts of the north west Highlands.

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