shetland
/ˈʃɛtlənd/
shetland noun: lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.
Noun (1)
shetland (countable and uncountable, plural shetlands)
- Lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.
Proper noun capitalized: Shetland
Shetland
- Ellipsis of the Shetland Islands: an archipelago and council area of Scotland.
- A historical county of Scotland.
Noun (2) capitalized: Shetland
Shetland (countable and uncountable, plural Shetlands)
- A particular breed of pony.
- Synonyms:
- Shetland pony
- A pony of this breed.
- A particular breed of sheep.
- A sheep of this breed.
- Alternative letter-case form of shetland: light, loose wool fabric.
- […] 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.1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 17
shetland meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shetland in Hindi
- शेटलैंड, शॅटलैंड
shetland in Tamil
- ஷெட்லாந்து, ஷெட்லாண்ட், ஷெட்ட்லாந்து
shetland in Marathi
- शेटलँड, शेटलॅंड, शेटलंड
shetland in Urdu
- شٹلینڈ, شیٹ لینڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- shetland in Bengali
- শেটল্যান্ড, শেটল্যাণ্ড
- shetland in Telugu
- షెట్లాండ్, షెట్ల్యాండ్, షేట్లాండ్
- shetland in Malayalam
- ഷെറ്റ്ലാൻഡ്, ഷെറ്റ് ലാൻഡ്, ഷെറ്റ്ലൻഡ്
- shetland in Kannada
- ಶೆಟ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್, ಷೆಟ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್, ಶೆಟ್ಟ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್
- shetland in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੇਟਲੈਂਡ, ਸ਼ੈਟਲੈਂਡ
- shetland in Gujarati
- શેટલેન્ડ, શેટલૅન્ડ, શૅટલેન્ડ
- shetland in Odia
- ଶେଟଲାଣ୍ଡ, ଶେଟ୍ଲାଣ୍ଡ, ଶେଟଲ୍ଯ଼ାଣ୍ଡ
- shetland in Nepali
- शेटल्यान्ड, शेटल्याण्ड
Synonyms of shetland
Forms of shetland
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shetlands |
| alternative form | Shetland |
| plural | Shetlands |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Zetland |
Origin of shetland
From Shetland sheep.
From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, by surface analysis, hjalt (“hilt”) + land (“land”). Andrew Jennings suggests the name derives from the tribal name Calēdonēs (as in Caledonia), considering the geographer Ptolemy already called the sea north of Scotland ὠκεανός Δουηκαλεδονίος (ōkeanós Douēkaledoníos); if this is correct, the borrowing into Germanic would need to have occurred at such an early date that it took part in the Germanic sound-shift, changing *kalid- to *halit-, after which it underwent folk etymological reshaping to Old Norse hjalt (“hilt”).
Words formed from shetland
Phrases with shetland
Questions about shetland
- What does shetland mean?
- Shetland means lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.
- What is shetland in Hindi?
- Shetland in Hindi is शेटलैंड, शॅटलैंड. See Shetland meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shetland?
- Shetland can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce shetland?
- Shetland is pronounced /ˈʃɛtlənd/.
- What is the plural of shetland?
- The plural of shetland is shetlands.
Words near shetland in the dictionary
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