Saint Kilda
Britishnoun
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a group of volcanic islands in the Atlantic, in the Outer Hebrides: uninhabited since 1930; bird sanctuary
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Also called: Hirta. the main island of this group
Example Sentences
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But his full brother, Duke, was admitted two years ago, has been living happily in the Melbourne suburb of Saint Kilda with his wife and two children.
From Time Magazine Archive
She would not believe a word about the intention to carry her to Saint Kilda.
From The Billow and the Rock by Wheeler, E.J.
I could not contain myself to speak to that man, with my deliverers almost within hearing perhaps, and that detestable Saint Kilda within sight.”
From The Billow and the Rock by Wheeler, E.J.
It was Macdonald’s sloop; and Macdonald himself was on board, prepared to carry his prisoner to Saint Kilda.
From The Billow and the Rock by Wheeler, E.J.
On first hearing of the alarm being taken by the lady’s friends at Edinburgh, he had ordered her removal to Saint Kilda, and had supposed it effected long ago.
From The Billow and the Rock by Wheeler, E.J.
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