Tiree

/ (taɪˈriː) /

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noun

an island off the W coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Pop: 770 (2001). Area: 78 sq km (30 sq miles)

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Words nearby Tiree

Tiraspol, tire, tire chain, tired, tired out, Tiree, tire iron, tireless, tirelessly, Tiresias, tiresome

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How to use Tiree in a sentence

But after nightfall, when we had turned the end of Tiree and began to head more to the east, the sea came right astern.
Kidnapped|Robert Louis Stevenson
One of the most beautiful varieties is that from the hill of Belephetrich in Tiree, one of the Hebrides.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure
The crofters of Tiree have given trouble even as have those of Skye and Lewis.
Our Journey to the Hebrides|Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
During the three following days, it continued to increase in violence, when the islands of Coll and Tiree became visible to us.
Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea|James O. Brayman

There are records of its occurrence in the Isles of Skye and Tiree.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series|Richard South