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SHETLAND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands
Synonyms:
Shetland; Shetland sheep dog; Shetland sheepdog
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Shetland" is a kind of...):
sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Synonyms:
Shetland; Shetland Islands; Zetland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Holonyms ("Shetland" is a part of...):
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)
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