SHETLAND

Pronunciation (US):

• SHETLAND (noun)
  The noun SHETLAND has 2 senses:

1. an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
2. a small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands

  Familiarity information: SHETLAND used as a noun is rare.

• SHETLAND (noun)

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 ("Shetland" 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)

Meaning:

A small sheepdog resembling a collie that was developed in the Shetland Islands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Shetland sheep dog; Shetland sheepdog; Shetland

Hypernyms ("Shetland" is a kind of...):

sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)