Western Isles
Britishnoun
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Gaelic name: Eilean Siar. an island authority in W Scotland, consisting of the Outer Hebrides; created in 1975. Administrative centre: Stornoway. Pop: 26 100 (2003 est). Area: 2900 sq km (1120 sq miles)
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Also called: Western Islands. another name for Hebrides
Example Sentences
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But the SNP did not have it all its own way, losing the Western Isles to Labour, as well as seats in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
Time on the Western Isles passes like “a slow tide,” Mr. Stuart writes, and the novel abides by that erosive pace.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
The Met Office has three separate yellow wind warnings for Scotland, external, with snow to hit the west Highlands, Argyll and the Western Isles.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
It is understood US military aircraft landed at small civilian airports in Wick, Caithness, and Benbecula in the Western Isles during the operation on 7 January.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
A small sea-fowl which the natives of the Western Isles of Scotland trust in, as a prognosticator of the weather.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
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