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HEBRIDES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
Synonyms:
Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Hebrides; Western Islands; Western Isles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
archipelago (a group of many islands in a large body of water)
Meronyms (parts of "Hebrides"):
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)
Holonyms ("Hebrides" 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)
Derivation:
Hebridean (of or relating to the Hebrides)
