"Shetland" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈʃɛtlənd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shetland.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (“hilt”) and land (“land”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|Shetland}} Scots Shetland, {{der|en|sco-smi|Ȝetland}} Middle Scots Ȝetland, {{der|en|non|Hjaltland}} Old Norse Hjaltland, {{m|non|hjalt||hilt}} hjalt (“hilt”), {{m|non|land||land}} land (“land”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Shetland
  1. The Shetland Islands. Categories (place): Islands Derived forms: Shetlander, Shetland pony
    Sense id: en-Shetland-en-name-lW6N4FEi Disambiguation of Islands: 80 5 5 2 2 2 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -land Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 3 27 2 5 3 19 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 5 21 2 4 3 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 4 23 1 4 2 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -land: 53 5 16 5 6 7 9
  2. A historical county of Scotland. Categories (place): Places in Scotland
    Sense id: en-Shetland-en-name-Cwsk5NNc Categories (other): Traditional counties of Scotland

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɛtlənd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Shetland.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Shetlands [plural]
Etymology: From Scots Shetland, Middle Scots Ȝetland, from Old Norse Hjaltland, a compound of hjalt (“hilt”) and land (“land”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|Shetland}} Scots Shetland, {{der|en|sco-smi|Ȝetland}} Middle Scots Ȝetland, {{der|en|non|Hjaltland}} Old Norse Hjaltland, {{m|non|hjalt||hilt}} hjalt (“hilt”), {{m|non|land||land}} land (“land”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Shetland (countable and uncountable, plural Shetlands)
  1. (uncountable) A particular breed of pony. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (breed of pony): Shetland pony [common] Synonyms (pony): Shetland pony [common]
    Sense id: en-Shetland-en-noun-NANRvQNP Disambiguation of 'breed of pony': 42 23 17 19 1 Disambiguation of 'pony': 56 44 0 0 0
  2. (countable) A pony of this breed. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Shetland-en-noun-v5XX2Yit
  3. (uncountable) A particular breed of sheep. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-Shetland-en-noun-RY6xq1ft
  4. (countable) A sheep of this breed. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Shetland-en-noun-Gn2AzDrO
  5. (uncountable) Alternative letter-case form of shetland: light, loose wool fabric. Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: shetland (extra: light, loose wool fabric)
    Sense id: en-Shetland-en-noun-41CPiIT3

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