Western Isles

Scotland/ˈwɛstəɹnˈʌɪ̯lz/UK/ˈwɛstənˈaɪ̯lz/

proper noun

The Outer Hebrides, an archipelago of the Hebrides in Scotland.

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Meanings

proper nounthe Western Isles
  1. The Outer Hebrides, an archipelago of the Hebrides in Scotland.

    Captain: The multiplying villainies of nature / Do swarm upon him - from the Western Isles.

    c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]
  2. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996, the Western Isles Council (officially Scottish Gaelic Comhairle nan Eilean Siar since 1997).

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
outer hebrides
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APA

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