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STAFFA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Staffa mean? 

STAFFA (noun)
  The noun STAFFA has 1 sense:

1. an island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Caveplay

  Familiarity information: STAFFA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STAFFA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An island in western Scotland in the Inner Hebrides to the west of Mull; site of Fingal's Cave

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

island (a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water)

Meronyms (parts of "Staffa"):

Fingal's Cave (a large cave with basaltic pillars on Staffa island in Scotland)

Holonyms ("Staffa" is a part of...):

Inner Hebrides (islands between the Outer Hebrides and the western coast of Scotland)


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