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shetlands

shetlands is the plural of shetland.

Meaning of shetland

Noun

shetland (countable and uncountable, plural shetlands)

  1. Lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric.

See all 6 meanings of shetland

Proper noun capitalized: Shetlands

Shetlands

  1. The Shetland Islands.

Noun capitalized: Shetlands

Shetlands

  1. (plural) plural of Shetland

Words formed from shetlands

Questions about shetlands

What does shetlands mean?
Shetlands means the Shetland Islands.
What is shetlands the plural of?
Shetlands is the plural of shetland.
What part of speech is shetlands?
Shetlands can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near shetlands in the dictionary

  1. Shetlander
  2. Shetlanders
  3. Shetlandian
  4. Shetlandic
  5. Shetlandish
  6. shetlands
  7. Shetler
  8. Shetlers
  9. Shetley
  10. Shetleys
  11. shets

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