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ZETLAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Zetland mean? 

ZETLAND (noun)
  The noun ZETLAND has 1 sense:

1. an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotlandplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ZETLAND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Shetland; Shetland Islands; Zetland

Instance hypernyms:

archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

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

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)

Atlantic; Atlantic Ocean (the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east)


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