Crossword clues for shetland
shetland
- An archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
- Small sheepdog developed in the Shetland Islands and resembling a collie
- Scottish shire
- Scottish county
- Fine pony
- Man replacing firm in Caledonia's island group
- Woman networking with Irish politician over Scottish territory
- Scottish archipelago
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
group of islands north of Scotland, from Old Norse Hjaltland; in reference to a type of pony, 1801; as a breed of sheep, 1794.
Wiktionary
n. lightweight, loosely twisted wool fabric
Wikipedia
Shetland ( ; ; ), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of the island of Great Britain and forms part of the United Kingdom.
The islands lie some to the northeast of Orkney and southeast of the Faroe Islands and form part of the division between the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the North Sea to the east. The total area is and the population totalled 23,210 in 2012. Comprising the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament, Shetland is also one of the 32 council areas of Scotland; the islands' administrative centre and only burgh is Lerwick, which is also the capital of Shetland since taking over from Scalloway in 1708.
The largest island, known simply as " Mainland", has an area of , making it the third-largest Scottish island and the fifth-largest of the British Isles. There are an additional 15 inhabited islands. The archipelago has an oceanic climate, a complex geology, a rugged coastline and many low, rolling hills.
Humans have lived there since the Mesolithic period, and the earliest written references to the islands date back to Roman times. The early historic period was dominated by Scandinavian influences, especially Norway, and the islands did not become part of Scotland until the 15th century. When Scotland became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, trade with northern Europe decreased. Fishing has continued to be an important aspect of the economy up to the present day. The discovery of North Sea oil in the 1970s significantly boosted Shetland incomes, employment and public sector revenues.
The local way of life reflects the joint Norse and Scottish heritage including the Up Helly Aa fire festival, and a strong musical tradition, especially the traditional fiddle style. The islands have produced a variety of writers of prose and poetry, often in Shetland Scots. There are numerous areas set aside to protect the local fauna and flora, including a number of important seabird nesting sites. The Shetland pony and Shetland Sheepdog are two well known Shetland animal breeds. Other distinguished local breeds include the Shetland sheep, cow, goose, and duck. The Shetland pig, or grice, has been extinct since approximately 1930.
The islands' motto, which appears on the Council's coat of arms, is . This Icelandic phrase is taken from the Danish 1241 Basic Law, Codex Holmiensis, and is also mentioned in Njáls saga, and means "By law shall land be built".
Shetland is an archipelago in Scotland.
Shetland may also refer to:
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Shetland animal breeds, including:
- Shetland Cattle
- Shetland Pony
- Shetland (sheep)
- Shetland Sheepdog
- Shetland Goose
- Shetland (TV series), a crime television drama airing on BBC1, set in the Shetland Islands
- Short Shetland, a 1940s British flying boat
Shetland is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament ( Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of eight constituencies in the Highlands and Islands electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to eight constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Shetland is a BBC Scotland crime drama television series starring Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez. The story takes place largely on the Scottish archipelago of Shetland, though much of the filming was done on the Scottish mainland, with some on location in Shetland. It was largely based on the novels by Ann Cleeves.
Usage examples of "shetland".
In return the Blooms had received bottles of homemade chokecherry wine, a leg of mutton, Hal-loween pumpkins, even hay bales for their two Shetland ponies, Orangutan and Sunflower.
A kilt, of course, a Hebridean girl without a kilt was unthinkable, a Shetland two-piece and brown brogues: and that she would be a raven-haired beauty with wild, green, fey eyes went without saying.
Then up comes a great jewfish, which is just as likely to weigh five hundred pounds as fifty, and to be as large as a good-sized Shetland pony, and he makes a lunge for your bait, and-- Well, you can go right on imagining the rest, too.
Brown talked with the farmer a little while longer, asking him if he knew any other place where Shetland ponies might be bought.
They have thick hair to keep them warm in winter, and, though the Shetland ponies are so small, they are strong.
Very shortly he was being led down to the cells, his Shetland knife and the reforged sword of the Wolf of the North seized for evidence.
And so simply the idea, let alone the fact, of not being able to stay aboard a two-bit, slanty-eyed, pea-brained Shetland pony just about had Joe shitting cupcakes.
In like manner, the Greenland whalers sailing out of Hull or London, put in at the Shetland Islands, to receive the full complement of their crew.
Tidal waves also raked the islands of South Georgia, South Shetland, South Orkney, and the Falkland island groups.
He claimed to have learned it in the Shetland Islands, where the girls came thirty lonesome miles over the moors to drink nickel beer and see the flicks at the Coast Guard station.
No, I looked pure Scrufts—six layers of ancient Aran and Shetland wool over thick gray leggings, which were visibly laddered behind one knee.
Shetland actually liked space-and that, he was sure, was a major element in his selection and promotion.
On the wall over the bed hung an enormous photograph of a woman attempting sexual congress with a dignified, decent, unsmiling Shetland pony.
After supper the two young detectives drove slowly back to the Shetland pony ranch.
Another child would have demanded something commonplace, like a mongrel or a Shetland pony.