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
We have only to land her in Saint Kilda; and then it will be the Macleod’s affair.
From The Billow and the Rock by E.J. Wheeler
They could do it more safely between this and Saint Kilda, with a rope and heavy stone.
From The Billow and the Rock by E.J. Wheeler
The captivity of Lady Grange, in the desolate cliffs of Saint Kilda, is in the recollection of every one.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
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 E.J. Wheeler
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