Shetland

From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (“hilt”) and land (“land”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɛtlənd/

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Shetland

1. The Shetland Islands.
2. A historical county of Scotland.

• Shetlander
• Shetland pony

Shetland (countable and uncountable, plural Shetlands)

1. (uncountable) A particular breed of pony.
2. (countable) A pony of this breed.
3. (uncountable) A particular breed of sheep.
4. (countable) A sheep of this breed.
5. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of shetland: light, loose wool fabric.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 24:

     ...I'll tell you what else is a fact. It's a fact that he is wearing his blue Shetland turtle-neck today. Even as we speak his body is moving inside it. Warm and quick. It's more than flesh and blood can stand.

• (breed of pony): Shetland pony (more common)
• (pony): Shetland pony (more common)

• handlest

From English Shetland.

Shetland n

1. Shetland

   Synonyms: Shetlandeilanden, (obsolete) Hitland

• Shetland on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Shetland

1. Shetland

• Shetlandsøyene

• shetlandsponni

• shetlandsk
• shetlender, shetlending

• Sjetland (alternative spelling)

Borrowed from English Shetland, from Scots Shetland, from Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland. Doublet of Hjaltland.

Shetland

1. Shetland

• Shetlandsøyane

• shetlandsponni

• shetlandsk
• shetlendar, shetlending

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃetlent]

Shetland

1. genitive of Shetlandy

Shetland n (genitive Shetlands)

1. Shetland Islands (group of islands); Contraction of Shetlandsöarna.