Western Isles

n (functioning as singular or plural)

1. (Placename) an island authority in W Scotland, consisting of the Outer Hebrides; created in 1975. Administrative centre: Stornoway. Pop.: 26 502 (2001). Area: 2900 sq. km (1120 sq. miles) Gaelic name Eilean Siar

2. (Placename) Also called Western Islands another name for the Hebrides

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Noun

Western Isles - a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland

Hebridean Islands, Hebridean Isles, Hebrides, Western Islands

Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts

Inner Hebrides - islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland

Outer Hebrides - a 130-mile long archipelago to the northwest of Scotland

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Western Isles

pl the Western Isles → die Hebriden pl

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county Eilean Siar Eriskay pony Hebridean Hebridean Islands Hebridean Isles Hebrides Inner Hebrides islands council Lordship of the Isles Outer Hebrides Ross and Cromarty Scotland Scottish Gaelic Stornoway western Western Islands Western Isles pony	Those who have visited the Zetland Islands, are familiar with the description of castles called by the inhabitants Burghs; and by the Highlanders---for they are also to be found both in the Western Isles and on the mainland---Duns. Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context All other literatures endure only as the elms which overshadow our houses; but this is like the great dragon-tree of the Western Isles, as old as mankind, and, whether that does or not, will endure as long; for the decay of other literatures makes the soil in which it thrives. Walking by Thoreau, Henry David View in context	western buttercup Western Cape western chimpanzee Western Chinquapin western chokecherry Western Church Western civilization western coral snake western crab apple Western culture western dewberry Western diamondback Western diamondback rattlesnake Western Dvina Western Empire Western Europe western fence lizard Western Ghats western gray squirrel western grey squirrel Western Hemisphere western hemlock western holly fern western honey mesquite Western Islands Western Isles Western Isles pony western kingbird western ladies' tresses western larch western lowland gorilla Western Malayo-Polynesian western meadowlark Western mountain ash western mugwort western narrow-mouthed toad Western Ocean western omelet Western paper birch Western pasqueflower western pipistrel western poison oak western poppy western prince's pine Western Province western ragweed Western rattlesnake western red cedar western red-backed salamander western redbud Western Reserve	Western International Forest Disease Work Conference Western International Hockey League Western International Hotels Inc. Western International School of Cambodia Western International Securities Inc. Western International Trade Group Western International University Western International Walking Horse Association Western Interprovincial Football Union Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Western Interstate Energy Board Western Interstate Nuclear Board Western Intertie Network Western Investigation & Security Enterprises, Inc. Western Investing for Health Western Iowa Dairy Alliance Western Iowa Development Association Western Iowa Tech Western Iowa Tech Community College Western Iowa Telephone Association Western Iowa Tourism Region Western Iowa Youth Sports Western Islands Western Isles Western Isles Alternative and Renewable Energy Partnership Western Isles Association for Mental Health Western Isles Development Trust Western Isles Fisheries Trust Western Isles Local Economic Forum Western Isles North Western Isles North Western Isles pony Western Isles South Western Isles South Western Isles Tourist Board Western Isles Transport Preservation Group Western Isles, Skye and Lochalsh Western Italo-Western languages Western Jackdaw Western Jackdaw Western Java Environmental Management Project Western Jazz Presenters Network, Inc. Western Jazz Quartet Western Journal of Applied Forestry Western Journal of Black Studies Western Journal of Medicine Western Journal of Nursing Research Western Journal of Speech Communication Western Journalism Center Western Junior C Hockey League Western Junior College Athletic Conference

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Eilean Siar
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Western Isles pony

Those who have visited the Zetland Islands, are familiar with the description of castles called by the inhabitants Burghs; and by the Highlanders---for they are also to be found both in the Western Isles and on the mainland---Duns.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

All other literatures endure only as the elms which overshadow our houses; but this is like the great dragon-tree of the Western Isles, as old as mankind, and, whether that does or not, will endure as long; for the decay of other literatures makes the soil in which it thrives.

Walking by Thoreau, Henry David View in context