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
Oh, Macdonald! what would you do to one who should carry away your poor sick little Malcolm to Saint Kilda, just when your watching eye caught sight of an eastward sail, and you knew it was the physician coming; sent, moreover, for Malcolm’s sake?
From Project Gutenberg
They could do it more safely between this and Saint Kilda, with a rope and heavy stone.
From Project Gutenberg
It was Macdonald’s sloop; and Macdonald himself was on board, prepared to carry his prisoner to Saint Kilda.
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We have only to land her in Saint Kilda; and then it will be the Macleod’s affair.
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