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skerries

skerries is the plural of skerry.

Meaning of skerry

Noun

skerry (plural skerries)

  1. A small rocky island which may be covered by the sea at high tide or during storms.
    • The Seal (phoca vitulina, Lin. Syft.) which is here generally known by the name of selchy, is very common on most of our low shores, but particularly on those of the small holms and remote skerries, where it is frequently seen reposing and basking in the sun [...].1805, George Barry, History of the Orkney Islands, page 322

Proper noun capitalized: Skerries

Skerries

  1. A coastal town in Fingal, Ireland.

Questions about skerries

What does skerries mean?
Skerries means a coastal town in Fingal, Ireland.
What is skerries the plural of?
Skerries is the plural of skerry.
What part of speech is skerries?
Skerries is a proper noun.

Words near skerries in the dictionary

  1. skerping
  2. Skerrett
  3. Skerretts
  4. skerrick
  5. skerricks
  6. skerries
  7. skerry
  8. skervish
  9. Skerys
  10. sket
  11. sketch

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