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 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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Easdale is the smallest permanently inhabited island of the Inner Hebrides with a population of about 60 people.

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Email and text results are unaffected but those waiting on certificates in the Outer Hebrides, Orkney, and Shetland have been told to expect delays.

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A man who built a fish smoking business in the Inner Hebrides wants to give it away in a bid to help regenerate the local population.

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