Skye

[skahy]

noun

Isle of, an island in the Hebrides, in NW Scotland: cattle farming. 670 sq. mi. (1735 sq. km).

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Examples from the Web for skye

Contemporary Examples of skye

Early on, many viewers had problems connecting to the team: May, Skye, even Coulson to a degree.
The Leaner, Meaner Season 2 of ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
Jason Lynch
September 22, 2014
Skye (Chloe Bennet) noted that the team was “not Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., just agents of nothing.”
How ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Finally Found Its Way
Jason Lynch
May 14, 2014

Historical Examples of skye

Next day they got into a boat for Skye, reaching Armidale before one.
James Boswell
William Keith Leask
I have alluded to the distresses of winter voyaging to Skye.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Daniel Turner Holmes
He gloomed at her, and hissed between his teeth a Skye pibroch.
Gilian The Dreamer
Neil Munro
At length they returned to Skye, but not together; she sailed first.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745
Mrs. Thomson
I had the good-luck to meet with a female companion from that to Skye.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745
Mrs. Thomson

British Dictionary definitions for skye

Skye

noun

a mountainous island off the NW coast of Scotland, the largest island of the Inner Hebrides: tourist centre. Chief town: Portree. Pop: 9232 (2001). Area: 1735 sq km (670 sq miles)

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